Asymptomatic infection of visceral leishmaniasis in hyperendemic areas of Vaishali district, Bihar, India: A challenge to kala-azar elimination programmes

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 105, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 661-666

  Das, V N R ^a   Siddiqui, N A ^a   Verma, R B ^a   Topno, R K ^a   Singh, D ^a   Das, S ^a   Ranjan, A ^a   Pandey, K ^a   Kumar, N ^a   Das, P ^a  

^a RAJENDRA MEMORIAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Asymptomatic infections; Kala azar; Polymerase chain reaction; RK 39; Visceral leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY; RECOMBINANT ANTIGEN; REECOMBINANT 39 AMINOACID ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTION; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; DISEASE COURSE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMMUNOAFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; INDIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; NEWBORN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL STATUS; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MACROLIDES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; YOUNG ADULT;

LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; NASO HEXACANTHUS;

EID: 80054068138     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2011.08.005     Document Type: Article

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