Directory of Leishmaniasis Resources

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A disease caused by any of a number of species of protozoa in the genus Leishmania. There are four major clinical types of this infection: cutaneous, diffuse cutaneous, mucocutaneous, and visceral.

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• CDC DPDx - Leishmaniasis

  http://www.cdc.gov/dpdx/leishmaniasis/index.html
  Includes causal agent, life cycle, geographic distribution, clinical features, laboratory diagnosis and features. From the US Government Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Parasitic Diseases.

• CDC Travelers' Health: Cutaneous Leishmaniasis

  http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/yellowbook/2016/infectious-diseases-related-to-travel/leishmaniasis-cutaneous
  Advice for travelers on this skin infection including mode of transmission, occurrence, clinical signs, diagnosis, treatment, and the preventative measures that can be taken.

• CDC Travelers' Health: Visceral Leishmaniasis

  http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/yellowbook/2016/infectious-diseases-related-to-travel/leishmaniasis-visceral
  Advice for travelers on this infection including mode of transmission, occurrence, clinical presentation, diagnosis, treatment and the preventative measures that can be taken.

• CDC: Leishmania Infection (Leishmaniasis)

  http://www.cdc.gov/parasites/leishmaniasis/
  Fact sheet, advice for professionals and travelers, and weekly incidence reports. From the US Government Center for Disease Control and Prevention.

• Doctors Without Borders: Kala Azar

  http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/our-work/medical-issues/kala-azar-leishmaniasis
  Basic information about the disease and the group's treatment programs in East African countries including Sudan, Ethiopia and Uganda.

• eMedicine - Leishmaniasis

  http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/783750-overview
  Includes an introduction to the disease plus sections on clinical, differentials, workup, treatment, medication, follow-up, miscellaneous, pictures, test questions and bibliography.

• eMedicine: Leishmaniasis

  http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/998804-overview
  Provides an overview of this zoonotic infection caused by protozoa that belong to the genus Leishmania, its epidemiology, pathophysiology, frequency and clinical details.

• ICT-TROP - Parasitology BIOL 2272: The Leishmaniases

  http://www.icp.ucl.ac.be/~opperd/parasites/leish1.htm
  Summary information plus clickable slides, references and world maps. From Christian de Duve Institute of Cellular Pathology, Research Unit for Tropical Diseases.

• Journal of Immunology - Immunization Against Visceral Leishmaniasis

  http://www.jimmunol.org/cgi/content/abstract/165/12/7064
  Simona Stäger, Deborah F. Smith and Paul M. Kaye. Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.

• Leishmania Surveillance in the Neapolitan

  http://www.everythingneo.com/Leish_Study.pdf
  Information on a study of this disease in dogs in the United States, with instructions to dog owners on sending samples.

• Leishmaniasis Research Society (India)

  http://www.leishmaniaresearchsociety.org.in/
  Organization dedicated to research on this disease, the unravelling of its genome, the development of new treatments, the spread of information and the distribution of drugs.

• MedlinePlus - Leishmaniasis

  https://medlineplus.gov/leishmaniasis.html
  Directory of news, articles and factsheets.

• MicrobeWiki: Leishmania

  http://microbewiki.kenyon.edu/index.php/Leishmania
  Description and significance, genome structure, cell structure, metabolism and ecology.

• Oklahoma State University: Leishmaniasis

  http://instruction.cvhs.okstate.edu/kocan/vpar5333/5333iig.htm
  Basic information about leishmaniasis in canines and humans from the OSU Center for Veterinary Health Sciences.

• The Lancet: Advances in Leishmaniasis

  http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(05)67629-5/abstract
  Article by Dr Henry W Murray MD, Jonathan D Berman MD, Clive R Davies PhD and Nancy G Saravia PhD.

• Third Cost B9 Congress

  http://www.icp.ucl.ac.be/cost/
  Seminars on trypanosomiasis and leishmaniasis held in Bruges, Belgium on 29-31 May 2000. Sponsored by European Cooperation in the field of Scientific and Technical Research (COST).

• Visceral Leishmaniasis: Cytological Alterations that Occur in the Bone Marrow Parenchima

  http://www.hematologyatlas.com/donovanivl/
  Paper by Nivaldo Madeiros who studied 100 patients with visceral leishmaniasis whose bone marrow aspirate analysis disclosed the protozoan, Leishmania donovani.

• WHO - Leishmaniasis

  http://www.who.int/leishmaniasis/en/
  Provides information on the disease and its impact, surveillance and control, epidemic response, research, fact sheets, information resources and publications. From the World Health Organization.

• WHO/TDR - Leishmaniasis

  http://www.who.int/tdr/diseases-topics/leishmaniasis/en/
  Provides news, project reports, highlights, progress, publications, workplans, research grants and resources. From the World Health Organization, Tropical Disease Research and Training.

• Wikipedia - Leishmaniasis

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leishmaniasis
  Hyperlinked encyclopedia article about the parasitic disease and its treatment.

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