New Treatment Approach in Indian Visceral Leishmaniasis: Single‐Dose Liposomal Amphotericin B Followed by Short‐Course Oral Miltefosine
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- 15 October 2008
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 47 (8) , 1000-1006
- https://doi.org/10.1086/591972
Abstract
Background. In Bihar, India, home to nearly one-half of the world's burden of visceral leishmaniasis, drug resistance has ended the usefulness of penKeywords
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