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Randomised Controlled Trial Of Aminosidine (Paromomycin) v Sodium Stibogluconate For Treating Visceral Leishmaniasis In North Bihar, India

... visceral leishmaniasis (a disease transmitted by sandfly bites). Dr P Olliaro of the World Health Organisation worked alongside a local medical team in Bihar to research the efficacy of the drug aminosidine and they report the findings of their study in this week's BMJ. The authors found it was significa...

Dog collars could prevent parasitic disease in children

...chance of people being infected with L infantum by sandfly bites. After 1 year, the authors measured the incidence of infection in children and in dogs, and compared these rates with those in villages outside the programme. Davies and colleagues estimate that dog collars resulted in a 42% reduction in transm...

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