Article
Treatment of canine visceral leishmaniasis with Milteforan <sup>™</sup> induces <i>Leishmania infantum</i> resistance to miltefosine and amphotericin B
2021-04-08
Abstract excerpt
Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is the most severe form of leishmaniasis and is caused by Leishmania infantum in the Americas. Since the use of Milteforam™ was authorized to treat canine visceral leishmaniasis (CVL) in Brazil in 2017, there has also been fear of the emergence of parasites resistant to this drug and, through cross-resistance mechanisms, to meglumine antimoniate and amphotericin B. Additionally, the li...
Topics
Open a Topic to create a Post that cites this publication.
Identifiers and source
- Literature Corpus work
- a1b25c9d-4185-5e21-990f-4a4d08140cee
- DOI
- 10.1101/2021.04.08.438938
