Kala Azar in South Asia Current Status and Sustainable Challenges /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Noiri, E. (Editor), Jha, T.K (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Edition: 2nd ed. 2016.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Laboratory medicine.; Drug resistance.; Parasitology.; Nephrology.; Biomedicine.; Drug Resistance.; Veterinary Medicine/Veterinary Science.; Laboratory Medicine.

Visceral leishmaniasis (VL), (also known as black fever or Kala-azar) is a life-threatening disease first reported from the Indian subcontinent. VL ranks as the world’s second largest parasitic disease killer and is a neglected tropical disease. Most of those infected by this life-threatening diseas...