Asymptomatic infection with visceral leishmaniasis in a disease-endemic area in Bihar, India

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 502-506

  Topno, Roshan K ^a   Das, Vidya N R ^a   Ranjan, Alok ^a   Pandey, Krishna ^a   Singh, Dharmender ^a   Kumar, Nawin ^a   Siddiqui, Niyamat A ^a   Singh, Vijay P ^a   Kesari, Shreekant ^a   Kumar, Narendra ^a   Bimal, Sanjeev ^a   Kumar, Annadurai Jeya ^a   Meena, Chetram ^a   Kumar, Ranjeet ^a   Das, Pradeep ^a  

^a Rajendra Memorial Research Institute of Medicai Sciences (ICMR)   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTION; CHILD; DISEASE COURSE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; NEWBORN; PHLEBOTOMUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING TEST; SEROLOGY; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS; COHORT ANALYSIS;

PHLEBOTOMINAE; PHLEBOTOMUS ARGENTIPES;

COHORT STUDIES; ENDEMIC DISEASES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 77957043069     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2010.09-0345     Document Type: Article

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