Visceral leishmaniasis and arsenic: an ancient poison contributing to antimonial treatment failure in the Indian subcontinent?

MR Perry; S Wyllie; VK Prajapati; J Feldmann; S Sundar; M Boelaert; AH Fairlamb

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0001227

Visceral leishmaniasis and arsenic: an ancient poison contributing to antimonial treatment failure in the Indian subcontinent?

MR Perry, S Wyllie, VK Prajapati, J Feldmann, S Sundar, M Boelaert, AH Fairlamb

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Original language	English
Journal	PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Volume	5
Issue number	9
Pages (from-to)	e1227
Number of pages	5
ISSN	1935-2727
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0001227
Publication status	Published - 2011

Keywords

B780-tropical-medicine
Protozoal diseases
Visceral
Leishmaniasis
Leishmania donovani
Leishmania infantum
Vectors
Sandflies
Phlebotomus argentipes
Drug resistance
Treatment failure
Antimonials
Arsenic
Biochemistry
Geographical distribution
India
Asia-South

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