Recent updates and perspectives on leishmaniasis

• Published in: Journal of infection in developing countries Vol. 9; no. 6; pp. 588 - 596
• Main Author: Savoia, Dianella
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Italy Journal of Infection in Developing Countries 04.07.2015; The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries
• Subjects: Africa, Eastern - epidemiology; Animals; Antiprotozoal Agents - therapeutic use; Asia, Southeastern - epidemiology; Developing Countries; diagnosis; Diagnostic Tests, Routine - methods; Humans; Immunotherapy; Insect Vectors; Latin America - epidemiology; Leishmania - immunology; leishmaniasis; Leishmaniasis - diagnosis; Leishmaniasis - drug therapy; Leishmaniasis - epidemiology; Leishmaniasis - prevention & control; Mediterranean Region - epidemiology; Parasitic diseases; Poverty; Psychodidae - parasitology; treatment; Africa, Eastern; Asia, Southeastern; Mediterranean Region; Latin America

Leishmaniasis is a neglected vector-borne tropical infection considered to be a disease of the poor. Concentrated in poverty-stricken countries within Southeast Asia, East Africa, and Latin America, it is also endemic in several Mediterranean countries. The management of the heterogeneous syndromes...