Kufotokozera mwatsatanetsatane
Visceral leishmaniasis, kapena Kala-azar, ndi matenda omwe amafalitsidwa chifukwa cha mitundu ingapo ya L. donovani.Bungwe la World Health Organisation (WHO) akuti matendawa akhudza anthu pafupifupi 12 miliyoni m'maiko 88.Amafalikira kwa anthu polumidwa ndi ntchentche za phlebotomus, zomwe zimatengera matenda chifukwa chodya nyama zomwe zili ndi kachilomboka.Ngakhale kuti ndi matenda a m'mayiko osauka, kum'mwera kwa Ulaya, matendawa ndi omwe amatsogolera anthu odwala AIDS.Kuzindikiritsa zamoyo za L. donovani kuchokera m'magazi, m'mafupa, chiwindi, ma lymph nodes kapena ndulu kumapereka njira yotsimikizirika yodziwira matenda.Komabe, njira zoyeserazi zimachepetsedwa ndi njira yachitsanzo komanso chofunikira cha zida zapadera.Kuzindikira kwa serological kwa anti-L.donovani Ab amapezeka kuti ndi chizindikiro chabwino kwambiri cha matenda a Visceral leishmaniasis.Mayesero omwe amagwiritsidwa ntchito kuchipatala ndi awa: ELISA, antibody ya fulorosenti ndi mayeso a agglutination mwachindunji.Posachedwapa, kugwiritsidwa ntchito kwa L. donovani yeniyeni mapuloteni mu mayeso bwino tilinazo ndi mwachindunji kwambiri.Mayeso a Leishmania Ab Combo Rapid ndi mayeso ophatikizananso ndi mapuloteni otengera serological, omwe amazindikira ma antibodies kuphatikiza IgG, IgM ndi IgA kupita ku L. Donovani.Mayesowa amapereka zotsatira zodalirika mkati mwa mphindi 10 popanda zida zilizonse.