Optimization of topical therapy for Leishmania major localized cutaneous leishmaniasis using a reliable C57BL/6 Model.

• Main Authors: Hervé Lecoeur (Author), Pierre Buffet (Author), Gloria Morizot (Author), Sophie Goyard (Author), Ghislaine Guigon (Author), Geneviève Milon (Author), Thierry Lang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND: Because topical therapy is easy and usually painless, it is an attractive first-line option for the treatment of localized cutaneous leishmaniasis (LCL). Promising ointments are in the final stages of development. One main objective was to help optimize the treatment modalities of human...