Latent Infection with Leishmania donovani in Highly Endemic Villages in Bihar, India

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Hasker, Epco ^a   Kansal, Sangeeta ^b   Malaviya, Paritosh ^b   Gidwani, Kamlesh ^b   Picado, Albert ^a,c   Singh, Rudra Pratap ^b   Chourasia, Ankita ^b   Singh, Abhishek Kumar ^b   Shankar, Ravi ^b   Menten, Joris ^a   Wilson, Mary Elizabeth ^d   Boelaert, Marleen ^a   Sundar, Shyam ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIASIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROPREVALENCE;

EID: 84874761995     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002053     Document Type: Article

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