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Leishmania blood parasite dynamics during and after treatment of visceral leishmaniasis in Eastern Africa: A pharmacokinetic-pharmacodynamic model

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Abstract

This semi-mechanistic pharmacokinetic-pharmacodynamic model adequately captured the blood parasite dynamics during and after treatment, and revealed that high blood parasite loads on Day 28 and Day 56 after start of treatment are an early indication for VL relapse, which could be a useful biomarker to assess treatment efficacy of a treatment regimen in a clinical trial setting.

Research topics

  • Research on Leishmaniasis Studies
  • Trypanosoma species research and implications
  • Synthesis and Biological Evaluation

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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0012078

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