Enhanced case detection and improved diagnosis of PKDL in a Kala-azar-Endemic area of Bangladesh

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Mondal, Dinesh ^a   Nasrin, Kamrul Nahar ^b   Huda, M Mamun ^a   Kabir, Mamun ^a   Hossain, Mohammad Shakhawat ^a   Kroeger, Axel ^c,d   Thomas, Tania ^e   Haque, Rashidul ^a  

^a ICDDRB Laboratory Sciences Division   (Bangladesh)

^b BANGABANDHU SHEIKH MUJIB MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^d LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HYPOPIGMENTATION; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POST KALA AZAR DERMAL LEISHMANIASIS; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SEX RATIO; SKIN CULTURE; SKIN EXAMINATION; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; TEST STRIP; VOLUNTEER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BANGLADESH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78449238445     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000832     Document Type: Article

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