Post-Kala-Azar Dermal Leishmaniasis in Mymensingh, Bangladesh

Shamim Islam Children's Hospital and Research Center Oakland, Oakland, California; ICDDR,B, Dhaka, Bangladesh; Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, Center for Global Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia

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M. Ashraful Alam Bhuiyan Children's Hospital and Research Center Oakland, Oakland, California; ICDDR,B, Dhaka, Bangladesh; Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, Center for Global Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia

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Caryn Bern Children's Hospital and Research Center Oakland, Oakland, California; ICDDR,B, Dhaka, Bangladesh; Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, Center for Global Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia

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*Address correspondence to Caryn Bern, Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, Center for Global Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, MS F-22, 4770 Buford Highway NE, Atlanta, GA 30341. E-mail: cxb9@cdc.gov

Authors' addresses: Shamim Islam, Children's Hospital and Research Center Oakland, Oakland, CA, E-mail: sizuba@yahoo.com. M. Ashraful Alam Bhuiyan, ICDDR,B, Dhaka, Bangladesh, E-mail: aabhuiyan@icddrb.org. Caryn Bern, Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, Center for Global Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, E-mail: cxb9@cdc.gov.

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    Saha S, Mondal S, Ravindran R, Bhowmick S, Modak D, Mallick S, Rahman M, Kar S, Goswami R, Gaha SK, Pramanik N, Saha B, Ali N, 2007. IL-10- and TGF-beta-mediated susceptibility in kala-azar and post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis: the significance of amphotericin B in the control of Leishmania donovani infection in India. J Immunol 179: 5592–5603.

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