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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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MedlinePlus - Leishmaniasis - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/leishmaniasis.html
Directory of news, articles and factsheets. |
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WHO/TDR - Leishmaniasis - http://www.who.int/tdr/diseases/leish/default.htm
Provides news, project reports, highlights, progress, publications, workplans, research grants and resources. From the World Health Organization, Tropical Disease Research and Training. |
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Wikipedia - Leishmaniasis - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leishmaniasis
Hyperlinked encyclopedia article about the parasitic disease and its treatment. |
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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. |
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Vetstream - Leishmaniasis - http://www.leishmaniasis.info/
Provides up-to-date information on canine leishmaniasis and its control, information on the disease in man, vectors and causative agents, treatment and geographical distribution of the disease. Input provided by Gad Baneth, Robert Killick-Kendrick, David Lindsay and Susan Shaw. |
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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). |
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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. |
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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. |
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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). |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |