Direct comparison of the efficacy and safety of oral treatments with oleylphosphocholine (OlPC) and miltefosine in a mouse model of L. major cutaneous leishmaniasis.

• Main Authors: Anny Fortin (Author), Diana P Caridha (Author), Susan Leed (Author), Franklyn Ngundam (Author), Jenell Sena (Author), Tom Bosschaerts (Author), Sandi Parriott (Author), Mark R Hickman (Author), Thomas H Hudson (Author), Max Grogl (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2014-09-01T00:00:00Z.
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Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) represents a range of skin diseases caused by infection with Leishmania parasites and associated with tissue inflammation and skin ulceration. CL is clinically widespread in both the Old and New World but lacks treatments that are well tolerated, effective and inexpensiv...