Visceral leishmaniasis eradication is a reality: Data from a community-based active Surveillance in Bangladesh

Tropical Medicine and Health

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 133-139

  Ferdousi, Farhana ^a   Alam, Mohammad S ^b   Hossain, Mohammad S ^b   Ma, Enbo ^a   Itoh, Makoto ^c   Mondal, Dinesh ^b   Haque, Rashidul ^b   Wagatsuma, Yukiko ^a  

^a Department of Clinical Trial and Clinical Epidemiology ^*  (Japan)

^b ICDDRB Laboratory Sciences Division   (Bangladesh)

^c AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Active surveillance; Bangladesh; RIsk factors; RK39 dipstick test; Visceral leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BED NET; CHILD; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE ERADICATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MOSQUITO; PATHOGEN LOAD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

EID: 84875203204     PISSN: 13488945     EISSN: 13494147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2149/tmh.2012-25     Document Type: Article

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