Retrospective Quarterly Cohort Monitoring for patients with Visceral Leishmaniasis in the Indian subcontinent: Outcomes of a pilot project

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 725-733

  Ostyn, Bart ^a   Malaviya, Paritosh ^b   Hasker, Epco ^a   Uranw, Surendra ^c   Singh, Rudra P ^b   Rijal, Suman ^c   Sundar, Shyam ^b   Dujardin, Jean Claude ^a   Boelaert, Marleen ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c B P KOIRALA INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Amphotericin B; Efficacy; Intention to treat analysis; Leishmaniasis; Miltefosine; Resistance; Retrospective cohort monitoring; Treatment failure; Treatment outcome; Visceral; Visceral Leishmaniasis elimination

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; MILTEFOSINE;

COHORT ANALYSIS; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE TREATMENT; HEALTH MONITORING; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

ARTICLE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INDIAN; NEPAL; PATIENT MONITORING; PILOT STUDY; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RECURRENCE RISK; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; COHORT STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; NEPAL; PHOSPHORYLCHOLINE; PILOT PROJECTS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

INDIA;

EID: 84878132058     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tmi.12092     Document Type: Article

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