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Medical ResearchMedical data and research from Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) field operations are regularly published in the peer-reviewed literature. Below is a selection of recently published MSF medical research articles. For copies or to search all MSF research publications, please visit the MSF Field Research website, or contact Dr. Patricia Kahn, Medical Editor, patricia.kahn[at]newyork.msf.org.
MSF research articles on Kala AzarApril 1, 2011Who is a typical patient with visceral leishmaniasis? Characterizing the demographic and nutritional profile of patients in Brazil, East Africa, and South Asia
Michael O. Harhay, Piero L. Olliaro, Michel Vaillant, François Chappuis, María Angeles Lima, Koert Ritmeijer, Carlos Henrique Costa, Dorcas Lamounier Costa, Suman Rijal, Shyam Sundar, Manica Balasegaram
November 15, 2010High mortality among older patients treated with pentavalent antimonials for visceral leishmaniasis in East Africa and rationale for switch to liposomal amphotericin B [letter]
Francois Chappuis, Emilie Alirol, Dagemlidet T. Worku, Yolanda Mueller, Koert Ritmeijer
August 1, 2010Effectiveness and safety of liposomal amphotericin B for visceral leishmaniasis under routine program conditions in Bihar, India
Prabhat K. Sinha, Paul Roddy, Pedro Pablo Palma, Alice Kociejowski, María Angeles Lima, Vidya Nand Rabi Das, Jitendra Gupta, Nawin Kumar, Gaurab Mitra, Jean-François Saint-Sauveur, Siju Seena, Manica Balasegaram, Fernando Parreño, Krishna Pandey
June 8, 2010Visceral leishmaniasis relapse in southern Sudan (1999-2007): a retrospective study of risk factors and trends
Stanislaw Gorski, Simon M. Collin, Koert Ritmeijer, Kees Keus, Francis Gatluak, Marius Mueller, Robert N. Davidson
September 1, 2009Natural history of a visceral leishmaniasis outbreak in highland Ethiopia
Mercè Herrero, Giannos Orfanos, Daniel Argaw, Abate Mulugeta, Pilar Aparicio, Fernando Parreño, Oscar Bernal, Daniel Rubens, Jaime Pedraza, Maria Angeles Lima, Laurence Flevaud, Pedro Pablo Palma, Seife Bashaye, Jorge Alvar, Caryn Bern
June 22, 2009Risk factors for in-hospital mortality of visceral leishmaniasis patients in eastern Uganda
Yolanda Mueller, Dawson B. Mbulamberi, Peter Odermatt, Axel Hoffmann, Louis Loutan, François Chappuis
April 17, 2008Concordant HIV infection and visceral leishmaniasis in Ethiopia: The influence of antiretroviral treatment and other factors on outcomeRachel ter Horst, Simon M. Collin, Koert Ritmeijer, Adey Bogale, Robert N. Davidson
January 9, 2008Risk factors of visceral leishmaniasis in East Africa: A case-control study in Pokot territory of Kenya and UgandaJan H Kolaczinski, Richard Reithinger, Dagemlidet T Worku, Andrew Ocheng, John Kasimiro, Narcis Kabatereine, Simon Brooker
January 1, 2008Safety and effectiveness of amphotericin B deoxycholate for the treatment of visceral leishmaniasis in UgandaY Mueller, A Nguimfack, P Cavailler, S Couffignal, JB Rwakimari, L Loutan, F Chappuis
October 31, 2007Epidemiology and clinical features of patients with visceral leishmaniasis treated by an MSF clinic in Bakool Region, Somalia, 2004–2006Marie-Eve Raguenaud et al.
July 1, 2007Treatment of kala-azar in southern Sudan using a 17-day regimen of sodium stibogluconate combined with paromomycin: A retrospective comparison with 30-day sodium stibogluconate monotherapyYosef Melaku, Simon M. Collin, Kees Keus, Francis Gatluak, Koert Ritmeijer, Robert N. Davidson
April 1, 2007Utility of lymph node aspiration in the diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis in SudanZahir O. Babiker, Robert Davidson, Charles Mazinda, Sammy Kipngetich, Koert Ritmeijer
March 1, 2007Kala-azar control, Uganda [letter]Jan H. Kolaczinski, Dagemlidet Tesfaye Worku, François Chappuis, Richard Reithinger, Narcis Kabatereine, Ambrose Onapa, Simon Brooker
March 1, 2007Evaluation of a mass distribution programme for fine-mesh impregnated bednets against visceral leishmaniasis in eastern SudanKoert Ritmeijer, Clive Davies, Ruth van Zorge, Shr-Jie Wang, Judy Schorscher, Salah Ibrahim Dongu'du, Robert N. Davidson
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