Arsenic exposure and outcomes of antimonial treatment in visceral leishmaniasis patients in Bihar, India: a retrospective cohort study.
<h4>Background</h4>In the late twentieth century, emergence of high rates of treatment failure with antimonial compounds (SSG) for visceral leishmaniasis (VL) caused a public health crisis in Bihar, India. We hypothesize that exposure to arsenic through drinking contaminated groundwater...
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Médium: | Článek |
Jazyk: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2015-03-01
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Edice: | PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases |
On-line přístup: | https://journals.plos.org/plosntds/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pntd.0003518&type=printable |