Visceral leishmaniasis: new health tools are needed

PLoS Med. 2005 Jul;2(7):e211. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020211. Epub 2005 Jul 26.

Abstract

Half a million new cases of visceral leishmaniasis occur each year, and 10% of these are fatal. New tools are urgently needed for mapping, diagnosing, and treating the disease.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antiprotozoal Agents / therapeutic use
  • Dogs
  • Drug Industry
  • Humans
  • Leishmania
  • Leishmaniasis, Visceral / diagnosis*
  • Leishmaniasis, Visceral / epidemiology
  • Leishmaniasis, Visceral / therapy*
  • Leishmaniasis, Visceral / transmission
  • Models, Biological
  • Phlebotomus
  • Public Health

Substances

  • Antiprotozoal Agents