Visceral leishmaniasis and HIV co-infection in Bihar, India: long-term effectiveness and treatment outcomes with liposomal amphotericin B (AmBisome).

• Main Authors: Sakib Burza (Author), Raman Mahajan (Author), Prabhat K Sinha (Author), Johan van Griensven (Author), Krishna Pandey (Author), María Angeles Lima (Author), Marta Gonzalez Sanz (Author), Temmy Sunyoto (Author), Sunil Kumar (Author), Gaurab Mitra (Author), Ranjeet Kumar (Author), Neena Verma (Author), Pradeep Das (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2014-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND:Visceral Leishmaniasis (VL; also known as kala-azar) is an ultimately fatal disease endemic in the Indian state of Bihar, while HIV/AIDS is an emerging disease in this region. A 2011 observational cohort study conducted in Bihar involving 55 VL/HIV co-infected patients treated with 20-25...