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Chronic Arsenic Exposure and Risk of Post Kala-azar Dermal Leishmaniasis Development in India: A Retrospective Cohort Study

By mdCurrent-India staff | Published: Dec 2016

Visceral Leishmaniasis is one of the neglected tropical diseases and a major global threat for health worldwide. It poses a major health problem in the poverty-ridden state of…

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Arsenic Exposure and Outcomes of Antimonial Treatment in Visceral Leishmaniasis Patients in Bihar, India

By mdCurrent-India staff | Published: Apr 2015

In the late twentieth century, the emergence of high rates of treatment failure with antimonial compounds for visceral leishmaniasis (VL) caused a public health crisis in Bihar state, India. VL, also known as kala-azar, is a significant health problem in India causing up to 282,000 clinical cases per year, affecting the most vulnerable…

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