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h-index: 58
Works: 192
Citations: 11K

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Increasing failure of miltefosine in the treatment of Kala-azar in Nepal and the potential role of parasite drug resistance, reinfection, or noncompliance.
S. Rijal, B. Ostyn, S. Uranw, Keshav Rai +11 more
2013Clinical Infectious Diseases313 citations
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Rapid tests for the diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis in patients with suspected disease
M. Boelaert, K. Verdonck, J. Menten, T. Sunyoto +3 more
2014Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews168 citations Open access
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Recent Development of Visceral Leishmaniasis Treatments: Successes, Pitfalls, and Perspectives
F. Alves, G. Bilbe, S. Blesson, Vishal Goyal +13 more
2018Clinical Microbiology Reviews161 citations Open access
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Evolutionary genomics of epidemic visceral leishmaniasis in the Indian subcontinent
H. Imamura, Tim Downing, F. Van den Broeck, M. Sanders +29 more
2016eLife158 citations Open access
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Eliminating the Neglected Tropical Diseases: Translational Science and New Technologies
P. Hotez, B. Pécoul, S. Rijal, C. Boehme +4 more
2016PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases139 citations Open access
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Failure of miltefosine in visceral leishmaniasis is associated with low drug exposure.
T. P. C. Dorlo, S. Rijal, B. Ostyn, P. D. de Vries +7 more
2014Journal of Infectious Diseases125 citations
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Eliminating visceral leishmaniasis in South Asia: the road ahead
S. Rijal, S. Sundar, D. Mondal, P. Das +2 more
2019British medical journal119 citations Open access
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Post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis in the Indian subcontinent: A threat to the South-East Asia Region Kala-azar Elimination Programme.
E. Zijlstra, F. Alves, S. Rijal, B. Arana +1 more
2017PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases115 citations Open access
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Molecular Mechanisms of Drug Resistance in Natural Leishmania Populations Vary with Genetic Background
Saskia Decuypere, M. Vanaerschot, K. Brunker, H. Imamura +5 more
2012PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases96 citations Open access
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Persistent digestive disorders in the tropics: causative infectious pathogens and reference diagnostic tests
S. Becker, Jürg Vogt, S. Knopp, M. Panning +17 more
2013BMC Infectious Diseases89 citations Open access
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The timing is right to end snakebite deaths in South Asia
R. Ralph, S. Sharma, M. A. Faiz, I. Ribeiro +3 more
2019British medical journal81 citations Open access
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The alcohol use disorders identification test (AUDIT): validation of a Nepali version for the detection of alcohol use disorders and hazardous drinking in medical settings
B. Pradhan, F. Chappuis, Dharanidhar Baral, P. Karki +3 more
2012Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy80 citations Open access
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Strong Association between Serological Status and Probability of Progression to Clinical Visceral Leishmaniasis in Prospective Cohort Studies in India and Nepal
E. Hasker, P. Malaviya, K. Gidwani, A. Picado +12 more
2014PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases76 citations Open access
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Relapse after Treatment with Miltefosine for Visceral Leishmaniasis Is Associated with Increased Infectivity of the Infecting Leishmania donovani Strain
Keshav Rai, B. Cuypers, N. Bhattarai, S. Uranw +5 more
2013mBio74 citations Open access
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In vitro selection of miltefosine resistance in promastigotes of Leishmania donovani from Nepal: genomic and metabolomic characterization
C. Shaw, J. Lonchamp, Tim Downing, H. Imamura +10 more
2016Molecular Microbiology72 citations Open access
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Failure of Miltefosine Treatment for Visceral Leishmaniasis in Children and Men in South-East Asia
B. Ostyn, E. Hasker, Thomas P. C. Dorlo, S. Rijal +3 more
2014PLoS ONE71 citations Open access
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Antileishmanial Activity of a Series of N2,N4-Disubstituted Quinazoline-2,4-diamines
Kurt S. Van Horn, Xiao-Hua Zhu, T. Pandharkar, Sih-Yung Yang +8 more
2014Journal of Medicinal Chemistry69 citations Open access
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Safety and efficacy of short course combination regimens with AmBisome, miltefosine and paromomycin for the treatment of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) in Bangladesh
R. Rahman, Vishal Goyal, R. Haque, K. Jamil +10 more
2017PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases64 citations Open access
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Genomes of Leishmania parasites directly sequenced from patients with visceral leishmaniasis in the Indian subcontinent
M. Domagalska, H. Imamura, M. Sanders, F. Van den Broeck +9 more
2019bioRxiv63 citations Open access
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Metabolic adaptations of Leishmania donovani in relation to differentiation, drug resistance, and drug pressure
Maya Berg, M. Vanaerschot, A. Jankevics, B. Cuypers +8 more
2013Molecular Microbiology59 citations Open access
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Experimental selection of paromomycin and miltefosine resistance in intracellular amastigotes of Leishmania donovani and L. infantum
S. Hendrickx, G. Boulet, A. Mondelaers, J. Dujardin +5 more
2014Parasitology Research58 citations Open access
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Genome-wide SNP and microsatellite variation illuminate population-level epidemiology in the Leishmania donovani species complex
Tim Downing, Olivia Stark, M. Vanaerschot, H. Imamura +9 more
2012Infection, Genetics and Evolution57 citations Open access
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Risk Factors for Visceral Leishmaniasis and Asymptomatic Leishmania donovani Infection in India and Nepal
A. Picado, B. Ostyn, S. Singh, S. Uranw +5 more
2014PLoS ONE55 citations Open access
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Transmission of Leishmania donovani in the Hills of Eastern Nepal, an Outbreak Investigation in Okhaldhunga and Bhojpur Districts
B. Ostyn, S. Uranw, N. Bhattarai, M. Das +11 more
2015PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases53 citations Open access
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Male predominance in reported Visceral Leishmaniasis cases: Nature or nurture? A comparison of population-based with health facility-reported data
K. Cloots, S. Burza, P. Malaviya, E. Hasker +8 more
2020PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases49 citations Open access
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Experimental Induction of Paromomycin Resistance in Antimony-Resistant Strains of L. donovani: Outcome Dependent on In Vitro Selection Protocol
S. Hendrickx, R. Inocêncio da Luz, V. Bhandari, K. Kuypers +9 more
2012PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases46 citations Open access
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Model-Based Investigations of Different Vector-Related Intervention Strategies to Eliminate Visceral Leishmaniasis on the Indian Subcontinent
Anette Stauch, H. Duerr, A. Picado, B. Ostyn +5 more
2014PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases45 citations Open access
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The Household Costs of Visceral Leishmaniasis Care in South-eastern Nepal
S. Uranw, F. Meheus, R. Baltussen, S. Rijal +1 more
2013PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases45 citations Open access
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Innovations for the elimination and control of visceral leishmaniasis
A. Selvapandiyan, S. Croft, S. Rijal, H. Nakhasi +1 more
2019PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases42 citations Open access
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An outbreak investigation of visceral leishmaniasis among residents of Dharan town, eastern Nepal, evidence for urban transmission of Leishmania donovani
S. Uranw, E. Hasker, L. Roy, F. Meheus +4 more
2013BMC Infectious Diseases42 citations Open access
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Long-term incidence of relapse and post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis after three different visceral leishmaniasis treatment regimens in Bihar, India
Vishal Goyal, V. Das, S. Singh, Ravindra Singh +8 more
2020PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases36 citations Open access
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Integrated genomic and metabolomic profiling of ISC1, an emerging Leishmania donovani population in the Indian subcontinent
B. Cuypers, Maya Berg, H. Imamura, F. Dumetz +10 more
2018Infection, Genetics and Evolution35 citations Open access
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AmBisome Monotherapy and Combination AmBisome–Miltefosine Therapy for the Treatment of Visceral Leishmaniasis in Patients Coinfected With Human Immunodeficiency Virus in India: A Randomized Open-Label, Parallel-Arm, Phase 3 Trial
S. Burza, R. Mahajan, S. Kazmi, Neal D. E. Alexander +15 more
2022Clinical Infectious Diseases34 citations Open access
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Genetic diversity of Leishmania donovani that causes cutaneous leishmaniasis in Sri Lanka: a cross sectional study with regional comparisons
Udeshika Kariyawasam, A. Selvapandiyan, Keshav Rai, Tasaduq Hussain Wani +10 more
2017BMC Infectious Diseases32 citations Open access
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Impact of the visceral leishmaniasis elimination initiative on Leishmania donovani transmission in Nepal: a 10-year repeat survey.
K. Cloots, S. Uranw, B. Ostyn, N. Bhattarai +8 more
2020Lancet Global Health30 citations Open access
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Complexities in using sentinel pigs to study Taenia solium transmission dynamics under field conditions.
B. Devleesschauwer, A. Aryal, J. Tharmalingam, D. Joshi +5 more
2013Veterinary parasitology30 citations Open access
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Investments in Research and Surveillance Are Needed to Go Beyond Elimination and Stop Transmission of Leishmania in the Indian Subcontinent
P. Olliaro, Tushar A. K. M. Shamsuzzaman, B. Marasini, A. Dhariwal +12 more
2017PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases28 citations Open access
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Visceral Leishmaniasis IgG1 Rapid Monitoring of Cure vs. Relapse, and Potential for Diagnosis of Post Kala-Azar Dermal Leishmaniasis
Tegwen Marlais, T. Bhattacharyya, O. Singh, P. Mertens +19 more
2018Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology27 citations Open access
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Single locus genotyping to track Leishmania donovani in the Indian subcontinent: Application in Nepal
Keshav Rai, N. Bhattarai, M. Vanaerschot, H. Imamura +8 more
2017PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases27 citations Open access
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Importance of secondary screening with clinical isolates for anti-leishmania drug discovery
A. Hefnawy, J. Cantizani, Imanol Peña, Pilar Manzano +4 more
2018Scientific Reports26 citations Open access
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Visceral leishmaniasis diagnosis and reporting delays as an obstacle to timely response actions in Nepal and India
J. Boettcher, Y. Siwakoti, A. Milojković, N. Siddiqui +5 more
2015BMC Infectious Diseases26 citations Open access
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Hematological profile in visceral leishmaniasis
Y. Agrawal, A. Sinha, P. Upadhyaya, S. Kafle +2 more
201326 citations Open access
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Adherence to miltefosine treatment for visceral leishmaniasis under routine conditions in Nepal
S. Uranw, B. Ostyn, Thomas P. C. Dorlo, E. Hasker +4 more
2013Tropical medicine & international health26 citations Open access
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Genomic and Metabolomic Polymorphism among Experimentally Selected Paromomycin-Resistant Leishmania donovani Strains
C. Shaw, H. Imamura, Tim Downing, G. Blackburn +8 more
2019Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy23 citations Open access
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Field safety and effectiveness of new visceral leishmaniasis treatment regimens within public health facilities in Bihar, India
Vishal Goyal, R. Mahajan, K. Pandey, S. Singh +16 more
2018PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases23 citations Open access
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Diagnosis of neglected tropical diseases among patients with persistent digestive disorders (diarrhoea and/or abdominal pain ≥14 days): Pierrea multi-country, prospective, non-experimental case–control study
K. Polman, S. Becker, E. Alirol, N. Bhatta +37 more
2015BMC Infectious Diseases23 citations Open access
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Comparative Fitness of a Parent Leishmania donovani Clinical Isolate and Its Experimentally Derived Paromomycin-Resistant Strain
S. Hendrickx, A. Leemans, A. Mondelaers, S. Rijal +5 more
2015PLoS ONE23 citations Open access
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It is time to revise the international Good Clinical Practices guidelines: recommendations from non-commercial North–South collaborative trials
R. Ravinetto, H. Tinto, E. Diro, J. Okebe +8 more
2016BMJ Global Health22 citations Open access
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A comparative evaluation of the performance of commercially available rapid immunochromatographic tests for the diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis in Bangladesh
P. Ghosh, Md. Golam Hasnain, D. Ghosh, F. Hossain +4 more
2015Parasites & Vectors19 citations Open access
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Long-lasting Insecticidal Nets to Prevent Visceral Leishmaniasis in the Indian Subcontinent; Methodological Lessons Learned from a Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial
A. Picado, B. Ostyn, S. Rijal, S. Sundar +11 more
2015PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases19 citations Open access
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