A new strategy for elimination of Kala-azar from rural Bihar

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 126, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 447-451

  Thakur, C P ^a,b  

^a Balaji Utthan Sansthan   (India)

^b Uma Complex   (India)

Author keywords

Amphotericine B; DDT spray; Kala azar; Rk 39 test; Visceral leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B DEOXYCHOLATE; CHLORPHENOTANE; HYDROCORTISONE; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; LEISHMANIASIS; MALE; RELAPSE; RURAL AREA; SCREENING TEST; THROMBOPHLEBITIS; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VECTOR CONTROL; ANIMAL; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; PARASITOLOGY; PSYCHODIDAE; SPLEEN; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANIMALS; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; DDT; HUMANS; INDIA; INSECT VECTORS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; PSYCHODIDAE; SPLEEN;

EID: 43049178455     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: 09715916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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