Ben-Gurion University of the Negev - Leshcutan 
Report on a topical treatment for cutaneous leishmaniasis by Joseph El-On and Louis Weinrauch of the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Israel.
http://www.cdfound.to.it/HTML/leis_cr.htm
CDC DPD - Leishmania Infection (Leishmaniasis) 
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.
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dpd/parasites/leishmania/default.htm
CDC DPDx - Leishmaniasis 
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.
http://www.dpd.cdc.gov/dpdx/HTML/Leishmaniasis.htm
DNDi - Kala Azar (Visceral leishmaniasis) 
Information about the disease and efforts to control it from the Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative.
http://www.dndi.org/cms/public_html/insidearticleListing.asp?CategoryId=89&SubCategoryId=148&ArticleId=203&TemplateId=1
Doctors Without Borders - Kala Azar 
Basic information about the disease and the group's treatment efforts in East African countries including Sudan, Ethiopia and Uganda.
http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/news/kalaazar/index.cfm
ICT-TROP - Parasitology BIOL 2272: The Leishmaniases 
Summary information plus clickable slides, references and world maps. From Christian de Duve Institute of Cellular Pathology, Research Unit for Tropical Diseases.
http://www.icp.ucl.ac.be/~opperd/parasites/leish1.htm
Masoud Akhtar - Visceral Leishmaniasis 
Introduction, morphology, transmission, immunology, and treatment. From a B.Sc Applied Biology course project by a student at the University of East London.
http://homepages.uel.ac.uk/d.p.humber/akhter/vlhp.htm
Medical Microbiology - Hemoflagellates 
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).
http://gsbs.utmb.edu/microbook/ch082.htm
Newsweek - Chasing Black Fever 
Article about public-health efforts to combat kala azar (leishmaniasis) in India. Summer 2005.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/8715762/site/newsweek/
Third Cost B9 Congress 
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).
http://www.icp.ucl.ac.be/cost/
Vetstream - Leishmaniasis 
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, Davi
http://www.leishmaniasis.info/
WHO - Leishmaniasis 
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.
http://www.who.int/leishmaniasis/en/
WHO/TDR - Leishmaniasis 
Provides news, project reports, highlights, progress, publications, workplans, research grants and resources. From the World Health Organization, Tropical Disease Research and Training.
http://www.who.int/tdr/diseases/leish/default.htm
Wikipedia - Leishmaniasis 
Hyperlinked encyclopedia article about the parasitic disease and its treatment.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leishmaniasis
eMedicine - Leishmaniasis 
Includes an introduction to the disease plus sections on clinical, differentials, workup, treatment, medication, follow-up, miscellaneous, pictures, test questions and bibliography.
http://www.emedicine.com/emerg/topic296.htm
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