Changing trends in visceral leishmaniasis: 10 years' experience at a referral hospital in Nepal

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 105, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 550-554

  Pun, Sher Bahadur ^a,b   Sato, Takanori ^c   Pandey, Kishor ^b   Pandey, Basu Dev ^a,b  

^a Sukraraj Tropical and Infectious Disease Hospital Kathmandu   (Nepal)

^b NEPAL INTERNATIONAL CLINIC   (Nepal)

^c NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Nepal; Non endemic areas; Visceral leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GROUPS BY AGE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPAL; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPLEEN BIOPSY; TREND STUDY; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPAL; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SEASONS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052963510     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2011.07.004     Document Type: Article

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