Al-Quds University - Leishmaniasis Research « http://www.alquds.edu/leishmania/ | | Information about the disease , including its status in palestine. includes research topics , links , protocols , publications and photos. |
Atlas of Medical Parasitology - Visceral Leishmaniasis « http://www.cdfound.to.it/HTML/lei1.htm | | Slides of l. donovani and l. mexicana. |
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev - Leshcutan « http://www.cdfound.to.it/HTML/leis_cr.htm | | Report on a topical treatment for cutaneous leishmaniasis by joseph el-on and louis weinrauch of the department of microbiology and immunology at ben-gurion university of the negev in israel. |
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation - Developing a Safe, Inexpensive Cure for 'Black Fever' « http://www.gatesfoundation.org/AboutUs/OurWork/Learning/IOWH | | Progress reports on using paromomycin to cure visceral leishmaniasis , through supporting help the institute for oneworld health (iowh) , a nonprofit pharmaceutical firm. |
CDC DPD - Leishmania Infection (Leishmaniasis) « http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dpd/parasites/leishmania/default.htm | | Fact sheet , advice for professionals and travelers , and weekly incidence reports. from the us government center for disease control and prevention , division of parasitic diseases. |
CDC DPDx - Leishmaniasis « http://www.dpd.cdc.gov/dpdx/HTML/Leishmaniasis.htm | | 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. |
DNDi - Kala Azar (Visceral leishmaniasis) « http://www.dndi.org/cms/public_html/insidearticleListing.asp?CategoryId=89&SubCategoryId=148&ArticleId=203&TemplateId=1 | | Information about the disease and efforts to control it from the drugs for neglected diseases initiative. |
Doctors Without Borders - Kala Azar « http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/news/kalaazar/index.cfm | | Basic information about the disease and the group's treatment efforts in east african countries including sudan , ethiopia and uganda. |
eMedicine - Leishmaniasis « http://www.emedicine.com/emerg/topic296.htm | | Includes an introduction to the disease plus sections on clinical , differentials , workup , treatment , medication , follow-up , miscellaneous , pictures , test questions and bibliography. |
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. |
Institute for OneWorld Health - Visceral Leishmaniasis. « http://www.oneworldhealth.org/diseases/leishmaniasis.php | | Information on the disease and iowh's ongoing work on developing the antibiotic paromomycin as a new cure for visceral leishmaniasis. |
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. |
Masoud Akhtar - Visceral Leishmaniasis « http://homepages.uel.ac.uk/d.p.humber/akhter/vlhp.htm | | Introduction , morphology , transmission , immunology , and treatment. from a b. sc applied biology course project by a student at the university of east london. |
Medical Microbiology - Hemoflagellates « http://gsbs.utmb.edu/microbook/ch082.htm | | Information on cutaneous , mucocutaneous , and visceral types pf leishmaniasis from the textbook by samuel baron , md , chairman of the department of microbiology and immunology at the university of texas medical branch (utmb). |
MedlinePlus - Leishmaniasis « http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/leishmaniasis.html | | Directory of news , articles and factsheets. |