Kala-azar (Visceral Leishmaniasis) Elimination in Bangladesh: Successes and Challenges

Current Tropical Medicine Reports

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 163-169

  Ahmed, Be Nazir ^a   Nabi, Shah Golam ^a   Rahman, Mizanur ^d   Selim, Shahjada ^e   Bashar, Ariful ^b   Rashid, Md Mahbubur ^a   Lira, Fahima Yeasmin ^a   Choudhury, Tanveer Ahmed ^a   Mondal, Dinesh ^c  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b Suriya Kanta Kala azar Research Center   (Bangladesh)

^c INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^d WHO   (Bangladesh)

^e DHAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Leishmnaniasis; National program; Protozoa; Visceral leishmaniasis; VL

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE;

BANGLADESH; COMMUNITY CARE; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE ELIMINATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VECTOR CONTROL; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

EID: 85007465848     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21963045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40475-014-0027-6     Document Type: Review

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