Unseen Kala-azar deaths in south Sudan (1999-2002)

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 509-512

  Collin, Simon M ^a   Coleman, Paul G ^a   Ritmeijer, Koert ^b   Davidson, Robert N ^c  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

^c NORTHWICK PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Kala azar; South sudan; Visceral leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

DISEASE PREVALENCE; LEISHMANIASIS; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; MORTALITY;

CAUSE OF DEATH; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATALITY; HUMAN; LEISHMANIASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; REVIEW; SUDAN;

HUMANS; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; RECURRENCE; SUDAN; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; SUDAN;

NASO HEXACANTHUS;

EID: 33645325149     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2006.01589.x     Document Type: Review

References (10)

1. Collin S Davidson R Ritmeijer K et al. 2004 Conflict and kala-azar: determinants of adverse outcomes of kala-azar among patients in southern Sudan Clinical Infectious Diseases 38 612 619
2. Denton H McGregor JC Coombs GH 2004 Reduction of anti-leishmanial pentavalent antimonial drugs by a parasite-specific thiol-dependent reductase, TDR1 The Biochemical Journal 381 405 412
3. Herwaldt BL 1999 Leishmaniasis Lancet 354 1191 1199
4. MSF 2002 Violence, Health and Access to Aid: In Unity State/Western Upper Nile, Sudan Amsterdam Médecins Sans Frontières
5. Odiit M Coleman PG Liu WC et al. 2005 Quantifying the level of under-detection of Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense sleeping sickness cases Tropical Medicine & International Health 10 840 849
6. Osman OF Kager PA Oskam L 2000 Leishmaniasis in the Sudan: a literature review with emphasis on clinical aspects Tropical Medicine & International Health 5 553 562
7. Ritmeijer K Davidson RN 2003 Royal society of tropical medicine and hygiene joint meeting with Medecins Sans Frontieres at Manson House, London 20 March 2003: field research in humanitarian medical programmes. Medecins Sans Frontieres interventions against kala-azar in the Sudan 1989-2003 Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 97 609 613
8. Seaman J Ashford RW Schorscher J Dereure J 1992 Visceral leishmaniasis in southern Sudan: status of healthy villagers in epidemic conditions Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology 86 481 486
9. Seaman J Mercer AJ Sondorp E 1996 The epidemic of visceral leishmaniasis in western Upper Nile, southern Sudan: course and impact from 1984 to 1994 International Journal of Epidemiology 25 862 871
10. Veeken H Ritmeijer K Seaman J Davidson R 2000 A randomized comparison of branded sodium stibogluconate and generic sodium stibogluconate for the treatment of visceral leishmaniasis under field conditions in Sudan Tropical Medicine & International Health 5 312 317