Visceral leishmaniasis: what are the needs for diagnosis, treatment and control?

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Published in Nat Rev Microbiol on November 01, 2007

Authors

François Chappuis1, Shyam Sundar, Asrat Hailu, Hashim Ghalib, Suman Rijal, Rosanna W Peeling, Jorge Alvar, Marleen Boelaert

Author Affiliations

1: Travel and Migration Medicine Unit, Geneva University Hospitals, 24 rue Micheli-du-Crest, CH-1211 Geneva 14, Switzerland. francois.chappuis@hcuge.ch

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