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Policies and Directives
DoD / Joint Forces
Army
- OTSG Information Paper, Leishmaniasis and Other Parasitic Diseases Among OIF/OEF Soldiers, 29 Mar 06
- OTSG Information Paper, Emerging Health Issues: Leishmaniasis among Soldiers in OIF/OEF, 28 Apr 05
- MEDCOM Memorandum, Guidance for the Management of Suspected Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom, 10 Sep 04
- OTSG Information Paper, Emerging Health Issues: Leishmaniasis among Soldiers in OIF/OEF, 10 Mar 05
- OTSG Information Paper, Emerging Health Issues: Leishmaniasis among Soldiers in OIF/OEF, 18 Aug 04
- OTSG Information Paper, Emerging Health Issues: Leishmaniasis among Soldiers in OIF/OEF, 24 Jun 04
- OTSG Information Paper, Emerging Health Issues: Leishmaniasis Among Soldiers in OIF/OEF, 19 Mar 04
- OTSG Executive Summary - Update - Leishmaniasis Among US Military Personnel in Southwest Asia, 16 Mar 04
- OTSG Memorandum, Policy for Diagnosis and Treatment of Leishmaniasis sp, 23 Dec 02
- OTSG Information Paper, Leishmaniasis Among Soldiers Deployed to Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF), 10 Dec 03
- DA ALARACT, Prevention, Treatment, and Surveillance for Leishmaniasis in OIF/OEF, 15 Nov 03
Air Force
Navy / Marines
VA (Veterans Administration)
Clinical Guidance
- Leishmaniasis Diagnostic Services Available Through WRAIR, 28 Jul 09
- Leishmaniasis Information for Clinicians, 11 Aug 09
- MEDCOM, Guidance for the Management of Suspected Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom, 10 Sep 04
- Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in OIF/OEF Soldiers, Leishmaniasis Working Group PowerPoint Presentation, Jul 09
- Old World Leishmaniasis: An Emerging Infection Among Deployed US Military and Civilian Workers, Clinical Infectious Diseases 2004; 39: pages 1674-80
- Cutaneous Leishmaniasis: Battling the Baghdad Boil, Federal Practitioner, Mar 04 pages 59-67
- USACHPPM Technical Guide 273, Diagnosis and Treatment of Diseases of Tactical Importance to U.S. Central Command, Oct 05
- E-Medicine Article on Leishmaniasis, 31 Mar 08
- E-Medicine Article on Leishmaniasis, 14 Jul 09
- Leishmaniasis Overview, Tulane University
- CDC Leishmaniasis Laboratory Identification
- Update: Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in US Military Personnel - Southwest/Central Asia, 2002-2004, MMWR 53(12) Pages 264-265; April 2, 2004
- Two Cases of Visceral Leishmaniasis in US Military Personnel - Afghanistan, 2002-2004, MMWR 53(12) Pages 265-268; April 2, 2004
- Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in US Military Personnel - Southwest/Central Asia, 2002-2003, MMWR 52(42) Pages 1009-1012; October 24, 2003
- Information on Pentostam® Injection (sodium stibogluconate)
(Pentostam is a well-established antileishmanial agent that is used in many countries of the world. It is administered under an IND protocol at Walter Reed Army Medical Center and Brooke Army Medical Center and is available to U.S. licensed physicians under an IND protocol through the CDC.)
Forms and Measures
Fact Sheets
Other Related Information
- Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in Pakistan, Dermatology Online Journal Vol 11 No 1, 2005
- Spread of Vector-borne Diseases and Neglect of Leishmaniasis, Europe, Emerg Infect Dis Vol 14 Number 7 July 2008
- Leishmaniasis in Relation to Service in Iraq/Afghanistan, US Armed Forces, 2001-2006, AMSA Medical Surveillance Monthly Report, Vol 14 No 1, Apr 07
- Leishmaniasis Registry, PowerPoint Presentation to Armed Forces Epidemiological Board, 23 May 06
- Leishmaniasis Among US Armed Forces, January 2003-November 2004, AMSA Medical Surveillance Monthly Report Vol 10 No 6, Nov/Dec 04
- Leishmaniasis, US Armed Forces, 2003, AMSA Medical Surveillance Monthly Report Vol 10 No 1, Jan/Feb 04
- Leishmaniasis - Afghanistan, Operation Enduring Freedom
- Leishmaniasis - Iraq, Operation Iraqi Freedom
- Leishmaniasis - Kosovo, Operation Allied Force
- Leishmaniasis - Bosnia, Operation Deliberate Force
- Leishmaniasis - Gulf War Deployments
- Leishmaniasis - Gulf War, Operation Northern Watch
- Leishmaniasis - Gulf War, Operation Southern Watch
- USACHPPM, DoD Insect Repellent System Page
Education and Training
Research
- ClinicalTrial.gov # NCT00657618, Department of Defense Protocol for the Use of Sodium Stibogluconate (Pentostam) as a Treatment for Leishmaniasis (Start date Oct 04, Estimated completion date Oct 09)
- Institute of Medicine, Gulf War and Health Reports: Volume 5 Infectious Disease, 16 Oct 06
- Leishmania: risk to the blood supply, Commentary in Transfusion, Vol 46, Sep 06
- Visceral Leishmaniasis: New Health Tools Are Needed, PLoS Med 2(7): e211, Jul 05
- Leishmaniasis: New Approaches to Disease Control, BMJ Vol 326, 15 Feb 03
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Leishmaniasis Research
- TDR (UNICEF-UNDP-World Bank - WHO Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases) - Leishmaniasis
- WHO Initiative for Vaccine Research (IVR) - Leishmaniasis
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