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Kala Azar in South Asia Current Status and Challenges Ahead /
Therapeutic regimens for visceral leishmaniasis (also Kala-azar, Dum-dum fever or black fever), caused by parasitic protozoa of the Leishmania genus, evolve at a pace never seen before. Spread by tiny and abundant sand flies, the parasite infects internal organs and bone marrow and if left untreated...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Dordrecht :
Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer,
2011.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2011. |
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| Online Access: | Texto Completo |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- Section 1: Introduction into Kala-Azar
- 1. Geography
- 2. Pathology and Mechanism of Kala-azar & PKDL
- 3. Diagnosis and Treatment of Kala-azar & PKDL
- Section 2: Therapeutic Strategy to Deal with Emergence of Drug Resistance
- 4. Epidemiology of Drug-Resistant Kala-azar in India and neighboring countries
- 5. Therapeutic Strategy for treatment of VL in drug resistant regions
- 6. Need for combination therapy to control kala-azar in South Asia
- Section 3: Diagnostic Strategy Enhancing Kala-azar Elimination Program
- 7. Challenges to visceral leishmaniasis diagnosis in the Indian sub-continent
- 8. Potentiality of urinary tests to kala-azar disease management
- 9. Use of LAMP as a practical field tool for diagnosis of Kala-azar
- Section 4: PKDL and its Implications in Eliminating Kala-azar
- 10. Polymorphism of kala azar in South Asia
- 11. Post kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis (PKDL): Facing the challenge for eliminating kala-azar from South Asia
- Section 5: New challenges confronting Kala azar Elimination Programme and their possible solutions
- 12. Climate change and kala-azar
- 13. Role of policy makers in achieving the target for kala azar elimination in South Asia - the Bangladesh experience.