Potential of Artesunate in the treatment of visceral leishmaniasis in dogs naturally infected by Leishmania infantum: Efficacy evidence from a randomized field trial.

• Main Authors: Hacène Medkour (Author), Idir Bitam (Author), Younes Laidoudi (Author), Ismail Lafri (Author), Abdelaziz Lounas (Author), Hamza Karim Hamidat (Author), Abdeslam Mekroud (Author), Marie Varloud (Author), Bernard Davoust (Author), Oleg Mediannikov (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Leishmaniasis is among the world's most neglected diseases. Dogs are the main reservoirs/hosts of Leishmania infantum, causative agent of both canine and human visceral leishmaniosis. Canine leishmaniasis (CanL) represents a public health problem as one of the most prevalent zoonotic diseases w...