Kala Azar in South Asia : Current Status and Challenges Ahead /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Jha, T.K. (Editor ), Noiri, E. (Editor )
Formato: eBook
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2011.
Edición:1st ed. 2011.
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505 0 |a Preface -- Section 1: Introduction into Kala-Azar -- 1. Geography -- 2.  Pathology and Mechanism of Kala-azar & PKDL -- 3. Diagnosis and Treatment of Kala-azar & PKDL -- Section 2: Therapeutic Strategy to Deal with Emergence of Drug Resistance -- 4. Epidemiology of Drug-Resistant Kala-azar in India and neighboring countries -- 5. Therapeutic Strategy for treatment of VL in drug resistant regions -- 6. Need for combination therapy to control kala-azar in South Asia -- Section 3: Diagnostic Strategy Enhancing Kala-azar Elimination Program -- 7. Challenges to visceral leishmaniasis diagnosis in the Indian sub-continent -- 8. Potentiality of urinary tests to kala-azar disease management -- 9. Use of LAMP as a practical field tool for diagnosis of Kala-azar -- Section 4: PKDL and its Implications in Eliminating Kala-azar -- 10. Polymorphism of kala azar in South Asia -- 11. Post kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis (PKDL): Facing the challenge for eliminating kala-azar from South Asia -- Section 5: New challenges confronting Kala azar Elimination Programme and their possible solutions -- 12. Climate change and kala-azar -- 13. Role of policy makers in achieving the target for kala azar elimination in South Asia - the Bangladesh experience. 
650 0 |a Parasitology. 
650 0 |a Drug resistance. 
650 0 |a Veterinary medicine. 
650 0 |a Laboratory medicine. 
650 0 |a Nephrology. 
650 1 4 |a Parasitology. 
650 2 4 |a Drug Resistance. 
650 2 4 |a Veterinary Medicine/Veterinary Science. 
650 2 4 |a Laboratory Medicine. 
650 2 4 |a Nephrology. 
700 1 |a Jha, T.K.  |e editor. 
700 1 |a Noiri, E.  |e editor. 
710 2 |a SpringerLink (Online service) 
773 0 |t Springer eBooks