This is a real-world medical entrance exam question, please give the true answer based on the question and selection. Topic name: None, Subject name: Social & Preventive Medicine
Miltefosine is used in treatment of: 
Select and explain. 
A. Malaria, B. Typhus fever, C. Kala azar, D. Chicken pox
C: Kala azar
Answer: C: Kala azar 
Explanation: Miltefosine (hexadecylphosphocholine) is an oral drug that was originally studied as an antitumor agent. Subsequent to the serendipitous laboratory finding that miltefosine was active against Leishmania in vitro and, after oral administration in laboratory animals, the drug was developed in a public-private panership for the treatment of visceral leishmaniasis or kala-azar. Ref: