Immunotherapy and immunochemotherapy in visceral leishmaniasis: promising treatments for this neglected disease

Immunotherapy and immunochemotherapy in visceral leishmaniasis: promising treatments for this neglected disease

Leishmaniasis has several clinical forms: self-healing or chronic cutaneous leishmaniasis or post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis; mucosal leishmaniasis; and visceral leishmaniasis, which is fatal if left untreated. The epidemiology and clinical features of VL vary greatly due to the interaction of m...

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Main Authors: Bruno Mendes Roatt, Rodrigo D.O. Aguiar-Soares, Wendel eCoura-Vital, Henrique G. Ker, Nádia das Dores Moreira, Juliana eVitoriano-Souza, Rodolfo Cordeiro Giunchetti, Cláudia Martins Carneiro, Alexandre Barbosa Reis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Immunology
Subjects:
Immunotherapy
Leishmania donovani
Leishmania infantum
Visceral leishmaniasis
immunochemotherapy
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fimmu.2014.00272/full

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