Leishmaniasis Outbreak in Pakistan: Dire Need of Intervention for Cure and Prevention

J Coll Physicians Surg Pak. 2020 Jan;30(1):108. doi: 10.29271/jcpsp.2020.01.108.

Authors

Sana Habib¹, Syed Maaz Tariq², Sara Habib³

Affiliations

¹ Medical Student, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan.
² Medical Student, Jinnah Sindh Medical University, Karachi, Pakistan.
³ Department of Neuro Critical Care, Thomson Jafferson University, PA, USA.

PMID: 31931948
DOI: 10.29271/jcpsp.2020.01.108

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Animals
Disease Outbreaks / prevention & control*
Humans
Leishmania* / classification
Leishmania* / isolation & purification
Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous / diagnosis
Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous / drug therapy
Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous / epidemiology*
Pakistan / epidemiology
Trypanocidal Agents / therapeutic use

Substances

Trypanocidal Agents