A novel tropically stable oral amphotericin B formulation (iCo-010) exhibits efficacy against visceral Leishmaniasis in a murine model.

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Published in PLoS Negl Trop Dis on December 07, 2010

Authors

Ellen K Wasan1, Pavel Gershkovich, Jinying Zhao, Xiaohua Zhu, Karl Werbovetz, Richard R Tidwell, John G Clement, Sheila J Thornton, Kishor M Wasan

Author Affiliations

1: School of Health Sciences, British Columbia Institute of Technology, Burnaby, Canada. kwasan@interchange.ubc.ca

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