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We found that RFH therapy induced complete clinical cure and lesion healing within 45 days and both dogs have remained disease free for the last 16 months. This report is the first to demonstrate that a single topical application of RFH therapy is safe and effective in inducing long-term cure of CCL.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.4269\/ajtmh.2012.11-0756","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2012,8,1]],"date-time":"2012-08-01T21:56:16Z","timestamp":1343858176000},"page":"261-263","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Successful Treatment of Canine Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Using Radio-Frequency Induced Heat (RFH) Therapy"],"prefix":"10.4269","volume":"87","author":[{"given":"Anil A.","family":"Ahuja","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Ram A.","family":"Bumb","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Rajesh D.","family":"Mehta","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Neha","family":"Prasad","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Ram K.","family":"Tanwar","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Abhay R.","family":"Satoskar","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"2795","reference":[{"key":"R1","series-title":"Am J Trop Med Hyg","first-page":"329","article-title":"Epidemiology of visceral leishmaniasis in the Jenin District, West Bank: 1989\u20131998","volume":"66","author":"Abdeen","year":"2002"},{"key":"R2","series-title":"J Parasitol","first-page":"557","article-title":"Canine leishmaniasis: pathological and ecological factors influencing transmission of infection","volume":"77","author":"Abranches","year":"1991"},{"key":"R3","series-title":"Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz","first-page":"19","article-title":"Zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis due to Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis associated with domestic animals in Venezuela and Brazil","volume":"84","author":"Aguilar","year":"1989"},{"key":"R4","series-title":"Am J Trop Med Hyg","first-page":"334","article-title":"Asymptomatic human carriers of Leishmania chagasi","volume":"66","author":"Costa","year":"2002"},{"key":"R5","series-title":"Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg","first-page":"143","article-title":"Leishmaniasis in The Gambia. 2. 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