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  Vaccine Candidates and Animal Models for Kala-Azar

  By Awanish Kumar

  Abstract: Kala-azar or Visceral Leishmaniasis (VL) is a serious human disease in tropical regions and rapidly emerging as an opportunistic infection in HIV patients. The available treatment against VL is associated with toxicity and drug resistance. Even though the development of vaccines against VL is received limited attention. The only successful immunization strategy in humans has been leishmanization, which is based on the development of durable immunity after recovery from infection …

  Published in Research and Reviews : A Journal of Immunology · Vol. 5, Issue 1, 2015 · pp. 29–35 Read article →