Kala Azar in South Asia : Current Status and Challenges Ahead - Jha, T.K.; Noiri, E.; SpringerLink (Online service) (Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2011)
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.
Keywords: Parasitology; Drug resistance; Veterinary medicine; Laboratory medicine; Nephrology; Parasitology; Drug Resistance; Veterinary Medicine/Veterinary Science; Laboratory Medicine; Nephrology