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Recent VL Scientific Publications

To learn more about leishmaniasis and the need for new treatments:

1: Olliaro P, Sundar S. Anthropometrically derived dosing and drug costing calculations for treating visceral leishmaniasis in Bihar, India. Trop Med Int Health. 2009 Jan;14(1):88-92.

2: Croft SL. Kinetoplastida: new therapeutic strategies. Parasite. 2008 Sep;15(3):522-7.

3: Alvar J, Aparicio P, Aseffa A, Den Boer M, Cañavate C, Dedet JP, Gradoni L, Ter Horst R, López-Vélez R, Moreno J. The relationship between leishmaniasis and AIDS: the second 10 years. Clin Microbiol Rev. 2008 Apr; 21(2):334-59.

4: Janvier F, Morillon M, Olliaro P. [Visceral leishmaniasis: clinical sensitivity and resistance to various therapeutic agents]. Med Trop (Mars). 2008 Feb; 68(1):89-101.

5: Bern C, Maguire JH, Alvar J. Complexities of assessing the disease burden attributable to leishmaniasis. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2008; 2(10):313.

6: Chappuis F, Sundar S, Hailu A, Ghalib H, Rijal S, Peeling RW, Alvar J, Boelaert M. Visceral leishmaniasis: what are the needs for diagnosis, treatment and control? Nat Rev Microbiol. 2007 Nov; 5(11):873-82.

7: Sundar S, Jha TK, Thakur CP, Sinha PK, Bhattacharya SK. Injectable paromomycin for visceral leishmaniasis in India. N Engl J Med. 2007 Jun 21; 356(25):2571-81.

8: Guerin PJ, Olliaro P, Sundar S, Boelaert M, Croft SL, Desjeux P, Wasunna MK, Bryceson AD. Visceral leishmaniasis: current status of control, diagnosis, and treatment, and a proposed research and development agenda. Lancet Infect Dis. 2002 Aug; 2(8):494-501.

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