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ʻO Visceral leishmaniasis, a i ʻole Kala-azar, he maʻi i hoʻolaha ʻia e kekahi mau ʻano subspecies o ka L. donovani.Ua manaʻo ʻia ka maʻi e ka World Health Organization (WHO) e hoʻopilikia ma kahi o 12 miliona mau kānaka ma 88 mau ʻāina.Hoʻouna ʻia ia i ke kanaka ma o ka nahu ʻana o nā manu lele Phlebotomus, ka mea i loaʻa i ka maʻi mai ka hānai ʻana i nā holoholona i maʻi ʻia.ʻOiai he maʻi ia no nā ʻāina ʻilihune, ma ʻEulopa Hema, ua lilo ia i mea maʻi nui loa i nā maʻi AIDS.ʻO ka ʻike ʻana i ke kino L. donovani mai ke koko, iwi iwi, ate, lymph nodes a i ʻole ka spleen e hāʻawi i kahi ala maopopo o ka maʻi.Eia nō naʻe, ua kaupalena ʻia kēia mau ʻano hoʻāʻo e ke ʻano laʻana a me ka pono mea hana kūikawā.ʻIke serological o anti-L.ʻIke ʻia ʻo donovani Ab he hōʻailona maikaʻi loa no ka maʻi o Visceral leishmaniasis.ʻO nā hoʻāʻo i hoʻohana ʻia ma ke keʻena: ELISA, fluorescent antibody a me nā hoʻāʻo agglutination pololei.I kēia mau lā, ua hoʻomaikaʻi nui ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka protein L. donovani kikoʻī i ka hoʻāʻo ʻana i ka naʻau a me ka kikoʻī.ʻO ka Leishmania Ab Combo Rapid Test he ho'āʻo serological e pili ana i ka protein recombinant, kahi e ʻike ai i nā antibodies me IgG, IgM a me IgA i ka L. Donovani.Hāʻawi kēia hoʻāʻo i kahi hopena hilinaʻi i loko o 10 mau minuke me ka ʻole o nā koi mea hana.