Visceral Leishmaniasis and HIV Co-infection in Bihar, India: Long-term Effectiveness and Treatment Outcomes with Liposomal Amphotericin B (AmBisome)

Fifty percent of all visceral leishmaniasis (VL) cases globally occur in India, where up to 90% of cases occur in the state of Bihar. There are also an estimated 300,000 people in Bihar living with HIV/AIDS. Patients with HIV who are treated for VL typically have much worse outcomes than VL patients...

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Main Authors: Burza, Sakib, Mahajan, Raman, Sinha, Prabhat K., van Griensven, Johan, Pandey, Krishna, Lima, MarĂ­a Angeles, Sanz, Marta Gonzalez, Sunyoto, Temmy, Kumar, Sunil, Mitra, Gaurab, Kumar, Ranjeet, Verma, Neena, Das, Pradeep
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2014
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4125300/