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Failure of an Innovative Low-Cost, Noninvasive Thermotherapy Device for Treating Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Caused by in Pakistan

Kamink SS, Abdi AM, Kamau C, Ashraf S, Ansari MA,  et al.
2019-10-07 • American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
2019-10-07 • American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL), a neglected parasitic skin disease, is endemic in Pakistan, where Leishmania tropica and Leishmania major are the causative protozoan species. Standard trea...
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Review

Programmatic management of drug-resistant tuberculosis: an updated research agenda

Mitnick CD, Rodriguez CA, Hatton ML, Brigden G, Cobelens F,  et al.
2016-05-25 • PLOS One
2016-05-25 • PLOS One
INTRODUCTION
There are numerous challenges in delivering appropriate treatment for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) and the evidence base to guide those practices remains li...
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Review

Sonographic findings in visceral leishmaniasis – A narrative review

Belard S, Stratta S, Zhao A, Ritmeijer KKD, Moreto-Planas L,  et al.
2020-11-21 • Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease
2020-11-21 • Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease
Background
Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is predominantly a neglected tropical parasitic disease but may also be acquired by travellers. We aimed at summarizing knowledge on sonograph...
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Poster

Patient characteristics and treatment outcomes from MSF's cutaneous leishmaniasis programme in Pakistan: a retrospective cohort

Kamink SS, Masih B, Saleem A, Khan J, Masih S,  et al.
2021-05-18 • MSF Scientific Days International 2021: Research
2021-05-18 • MSF Scientific Days International 2021: Research
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Research

Drug-resistant tuberculosis clinical trials: proposed core research definitions in adults

Furin J, Alirol E, Allen E, Fielding K, Merle CS,  et al.
2016-03-01 • International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
2016-03-01 • International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
Drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) is a growing public health problem, and for the first time in decades, new drugs for the treatment of this disease have been developed. These new dru...
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Review

Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis--Current dilemmas, unanswered questions, challenges, and priority needs

Zumla A, Abubakar I, Raviglione M, Hoelscher M, Ditui L,  et al.
2012-04-03 • Journal of Infectious Diseases
2012-04-03 • Journal of Infectious Diseases
Tuberculosis was declared a global emergency by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 1993. Following the declaration and the promotion in 1995 of directly observed treatment short cour...
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Research

Efficacy of amodiaquine in uncomplicated falciparum malaria in Nigeria in an area with high-level resistance to chloroquine and sulphadoxine/pyrimethamine

Graupner J, Göbels K, Grobusch MP, Lund A, Richter J,  et al.
2005-04-28 • Parasitology Research
2005-04-28 • Parasitology Research
Falciparum malaria is hyperendemic in southern Nigeria and chloroquine resistance is an increasing problem. Therefore, the parasitological and haematological response to treatment with a...
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Research

Multiple origins and regional dispersal of resistant dhps in African Plasmodium falciparum malaria

Pearce RJ, Pota H, Evehe M-SB, Ba EH, Mombo-Ngoma G,  et al.
2009-04-14 • PLOS Medicine
2009-04-14 • PLOS Medicine
BACKGROUND: Although the molecular basis of resistance to a number of common antimalarial drugs is well known, a geographic description of the emergence and dispersal of resistance mutat...
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Review

Tuberculosis diagnostics and biomarkers: needs, challenges, recent advances, and opportunities

McNerney R, Maeurer M, Abubakar I, Marais BJ, McHugh TD,  et al.
2012-04-10 • Journal of Infectious Diseases
2012-04-10 • Journal of Infectious Diseases
Tuberculosis is unique among the major infectious diseases in that it lacks accurate rapid point-of-care diagnostic tests. Failure to control the spread of tuberculosis is largely due to...
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Commentary

Towards host-directed therapies for tuberculosis

Zumla A, Chakaya JM, Hoelscher M, Ntoumi F, Rustomjee R,  et al.
2015-07-17 • Nature Reviews Drug Discovery
2015-07-17 • Nature Reviews Drug Discovery
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Research

Effectiveness of miltefosine in cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania tropica in Pakistan after antimonial treatment failure or contraindications to first line therapy-A retrospective analysis

Kamink SS, Masih B, Ali N, Ullah A, Khan SJ,  et al.
2021-01-28 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
2021-01-28 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
BACKGROUND
Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is a neglected tropical skin disease, caused by Leishmania protozoa. In Pakistan, where CL caused by L. tropica is highly endemic, therapy wi...