- Al-Quds University - Leishmaniasis Research - Information about the disease, including its status in Palestine. Includes research topics, links, protocols, publications and photos.
- Atlas of Medical Parasitology - Visceral Leishmaniasis - Slides of L.donovani and L.mexicana.
- Ben-Gurion University of the Negev - Leshcutan - Report on a topical treatment for cutaneous leishmaniasis by Joseph El-On and Louis Weinrauch of the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Israel.
- CDC DPD - Leishmania Infection (Leishmaniasis) - Fact sheet, advice for professionals and travelers, and weekly incidence reports. From the US Government Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Parasitic Diseases.
- CDC DPDx - Leishmaniasis - Includes causal agent, life cycle, geographic distribution, clinical features, laboratory diagnosis and features. From the US Government Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Parasitic Diseases.
- DNDi - Kala Azar (Visceral leishmaniasis) - Information about the disease and efforts to control it from the Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative.
- Doctors Without Borders - Kala Azar - Basic information about the disease and the group's treatment efforts in East African countries including Sudan, Ethiopia and Uganda.
- eMedicine - Leishmaniasis - Includes an introduction to the disease plus sections on clinical, differentials, workup, treatment, medication, follow-up, miscellaneous, pictures, test questions and bibliography.
- ICT-TROP - Parasitology BIOL 2272: The Leishmaniases - Summary information plus clickable slides, references and world maps. From Christian de Duve Institute of Cellular Pathology, Research Unit for Tropical Diseases.
- Institute for OneWorld Health - Visceral Leishmaniasis. - Information on the disease and iOWH's ongoing work on developing the antibiotic paromomycin as a new cure for visceral leishmaniasis.
- Masoud Akhtar - Visceral Leishmaniasis - Introduction, morphology, transmission, immunology, and treatment. From a B.Sc Applied Biology course project by a student at the University of East London.
- Medical Microbiology - Hemoflagellates - Information on Cutaneous, Mucocutaneous, and Visceral types pf Leishmaniasis from the textbook by Samuel Baron, MD, Chairman of the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB).
- MedlinePlus - Leishmaniasis - Directory of news, articles and factsheets.
- Newsweek - Chasing Black Fever - Article about public-health efforts to combat kala azar (leishmaniasis) in India. Summer 2005.
- Third Cost B9 Congress - Seminars on trypanosomiasis and leishmaniasis held in Bruges, Belgium on 29-31 May 2000. Sponsored by European Cooperation in the field of Scientific and Technical Research (COST).
- Vetstream - Leishmaniasis - Provides up-to-date information on canine leishmaniasis and its control, information on the disease in man, vectors and causative agents, treatment and geographical distribution of the disease. Input provided by Gad Baneth, Robert Killick-Kendrick, David Lindsay and Susan Shaw.
- Visceral Leishmaniasis - Cellular changes are described, accompanied by photos.
- WHO/TDR - Leishmaniasis - Provides news, project reports, highlights, progress, publications, workplans, research grants and resources. From the World Health Organization, Tropical Disease Research and Training.
- WHO - Leishmaniasis - Provides information on the disease and its impact, surveillance and control, epidemic response, research, fact sheets, information resources and publications. From the World Health Organization.
- Wikipedia - Leishmaniasis - Hyperlinked encyclopedia article about the parasitic disease and its treatment.
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