In the late twentieth century, emergence of high rates of treatment failure with antimonial compounds (SSG) for visceral leishmaniasis (VL) caused a public health crisis in Bihar, India. We hypothesize that exposure to arsenic through drinking contaminated groundwater may be associated with SSG treatment failure due to the development of antimony-resistant parasites.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/arsenic-exposure-and-outcomes-antimonial-treatment-visceral-leishmaniasis-patients
[2] http://journals.plos.org/plosntds/article?id=10.1371/journal.pntd.0003518
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/meghan-r-perry
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/vijay-k-prajapati
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/joris-menten-et-al
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/plos-neglected-tropical-diseases
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/arsenic
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/tropical-diseases
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/bihar
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health-care
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/groundwater-pollutants
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health-effects
