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PAHO Communicable Disease Research Program (CDR)

CD48/13 - Integrated Vector Management: A Comprehensive Response to Vector-borne Diseases

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General Information/Links

Featured General Items

Leishmaniasis Photo Gallery: Affected Persons and Risk Areas
This page contains 15 photos of persons afflicted by with various forms of leishmaniasis, a neglected tropical disease affecting the poor in rural and marginal urban areas, and the places where they live that help propogate infection.
leish-fotos2.htm

Leishmaniasis Photo Gallery: Vector, Reservoirs, Parasite
This page offers a dozen photos on leishmaniasis: its vector, the phlebotomine sandfly; the domestic and wild animals that act as reservoirs; and the Leishmania parasite.
leish-fotos1.htm

Leishmaniasis: 2007 Update
This one-page fact sheet summarizes the current situation of leishmaniasis in the Americas, the challenges faced, and the steps being taken to deal with them.
leish-2007.htm leish-2007.doc leish-2007.pdf

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Fact Sheets

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10 Facts about Neglected Tropical Diseases

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Health Surveillance and Disease Prevention and Control at PAHO

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Neglected Tropical Diseases: Innovative and Intensified Disease Management

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Leishmaniasis: The Disease and Its Epidemiology

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Related Sites

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PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases: A Peer-Reviewed Open-Access Journal Published by the Public Library of Science

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Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases (New England Journal of Medicine, 357: 10, September 6, 2007)

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Cutaneous leishmaniasis (The Lancet, Vol. 7, September 2007, pp. 581-596)

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Investing in Global Health: 'Best Buys' and Priorities for Action in Developing Countries

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Networks

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REVELE: Venezuelan Network on Leishmaniasis--Second Meeting (Mérida, Venezuela, 30 June - 1 July 2005)

Photo Gallery

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Leishmaniasis Photo Gallery: Affected Persons and Risk Areas

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Leishmaniasis Photo Gallery: Vector, Reservoirs, Parasite

General Announcements

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International Clinical Trials Registry Platform

Directories and Disease/Health-Topic Pages

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PAHO Communicable Disease Research Program (CDR)

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Neglected Diseases: Search Page for PAHO and WHO Information

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Leishmaniasis

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PAHO Resources

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WHO Resources

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