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The World Health Organization: They're pretty good guys.
CDC: The Center for Disease Control
A Lecture on Leishmaniasis: From a university in Britain.
Yahoo!Leishmaniasis: A good concise primer on the disease.
Pictures of Leishmaniasis: A nice collection of pictures associated with the disease.
Brown University Lectures on Leishmaniasis: Part 1 of 3 (Obtained from the Bio 54 web site)
Part 2 of 3
Part 3 of 3 |
Brown University: Come to Brown and learn stuff.
The Hockey News: You can't have a page about Leishmaniasis without some good hockey.
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