Main description:

Key Features:
* Provides a comprehensive and complete resource on Leishmaniasis on various aspects of the disease, distilling credible information from available literature coupled with historical references.
* Follows a model approach for handling emerging infectious diseases for the benefit of clinicians and front-line workers.
* Discusses the unique problem of skin localizing visceral parasites and provides basic principles of management for other infectious diseases and vector-borne infections.

Contents:

Chapter 1: History and onset of the epidemic
Chapter 2: Attempts on parasite studies: the unusual parasite
Chapter 3: Clinical aspects
Chapter 4: Other clinical forms emerge in Sri Lanka
Chapter 5: Changing trends in cutaneous leishmaniasis
Chapter 6: The mismatched parasite
Chapter 7: Epidemiological aspects
Chapter 8: Vectors and reservoir hosts
Chapter 9: Immunological aspects
Chapter 10: Enhanced case detection through clinical and laboratory methods
Chapter 11: Treatment methods
Chapter 12: Capacity building, a model for handling emerging health issues
Chapter 13: Gaps in knowledge, ccurrent and future needs