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Immunization using interferon-gamma as an adjuvant.
http://www.stw.nl/projecten/U/udg3703.html

Slides of L.donovani and L.mexicana. From Atlas of Medical Parasitology (Italy).
http://www.cdfound.to.it/HTML/lei1.htm

Includes Leishmaniasis as one of the diseases studied in connection with Operations Desert Shield/Desert Storm. From Office of the Special Assistant for Gulf War Illnesses, reprinted from Clinical Infectious Diseases.
http://www.gulflink.osd.mil/medical/med_impact.htm

Introduction, clinical, differentials, workup, treatment, medication, follow-up, miscellaneous, pictures, test questions, bibliography. From emedicine.
http://www.emedicine.com/emerg/topic296.htm

Introduction, morphology, transmission, immunology, and treatment. From the University of East London, B.Sc Applied Biology course project.
http://homepages.uel.ac.uk/2738m/

Summary information plus clickable slides, references and world maps. From Christian de Duve Institute of Cellular Pathology.
http://www.icp.ucl.ac.be/~opperd/parasites/leish1.htm

Information on Cutaneous, Mucocutaneous, and Visceral types. From University of Texas Medical Branch, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Microbiology, 'Hemoflagellates'.
http://gsbs.utmb.edu/microbook/ch082.htm

Leishmaniasis seminar in Bruges, Belgium on 29-31 May 2000 sponsored by COST-B9 (European Cooperation in the field of Scientific and Technical Research).
http://www.icp.ucl.ac.be/cost/

Reports: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, Emerging Infectious Diseases. From Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dpd/parasites/leishmania/default.htm

From Oklahoma State, Veterinary Parasitology 5333
http://www.cvm.okstate.edu/instr...ction/kocan/vpar5333/5333iig.htm

Treatment (Israel).
http://www.cdfound.to.it/HTML/leis_cr.htm

From University of East London, B.Sc Microbiology course project.
http://homepages.uel.ac.uk/D.P.Humber/akhter/vlhp.htm

594 selected citations from 1971-1994. From National Library of Medicine.
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/cbm/persgulf.html

Health information for international travel. From Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
http://www.cdc.gov/travel/diseases/leishmaniasis.htm

Update, project reports, highlights, progress, publications, workplans and research grants, resources. From WHO/TDR (World Health Organization/Tropical Disease Research and Training).
http://www.who.int/tdr/diseases/leish/default.htm

Disease situation, disease control activity, more information about the disease, links. From Communicable Disease Surveillance and Response (CSR).
http://www.who.int/emc/diseases/leish/

Simona Stäger, Deborah F. Smith and Paul M. Kaye. Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK. Journal of Immunology.
http://www.jimmunol.org/cgi/content/abstract/165/12/7064

US government site includes causal agent, life cycle, geographic distribution, clinical features, laboratory diagnosis and features. From the Division of Parasitic Diseases, Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
http://www.dpd.cdc.gov/dpdx/HTML/Leishmaniasis.htm

Official site of the World Congress of Leishmaniasis. Includes meeting information and news.
http://www.worldleish.org/

Directory of news, articles, and factsheets.
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/leishmaniasis.html