Low prevalence of Leishmania donovani infection among the blood donors in kala-azar endemic areas of Bangladesh

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Huda, M Mamun ^a   Rudra, Shikha ^b   Ghosh, Debashis ^a   Bhaskar, Khondaker Rifat Hasan ^a   Chowdhury, Rajib ^c   Dash, Aditya Prasad ^d   Bhattacharya, Sujit Kumar ^d   Haque, Rashidul ^a   Mondal, Dinesh ^a,e  

^a Icddr B   (Bangladesh)

^b MYMENSINGH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Bangladesh)

^c National Institute of Preventive and Social Medicine   (Bangladesh)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^e Centre for Nutrition and Food Security icddr b   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Blood donors; Kala azar; Leishmania donovani; Transfusion; Visceral leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; LEISHMANIASIS; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SCREENING; SERODIAGNOSIS; SOCIAL STATUS; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ADULT; BANGLADESH; BLOOD DONORS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; PREVALENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873047965     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-13-62     Document Type: Article

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