Enhanced Case Detection and Improved Diagnosis of PKDL in a Kala-azar-Endemic Area of Bangladesh

OBJECTIVES: To support the Bangladesh National Kala-azar Elimination Programme (NKEP), we investigated the feasibility of using trained village volunteers for detecting post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis (PKDL) cases, using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for confirmation of diagnosis and treatment...

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Autores principales: Mondal, Dinesh, Nasrin, Kamrul Nahar, Huda, M. Mamun, Kabir, Mamun, Hossain, Mohammad Shakhawat, Kroeger, Axel, Thomas, Tania, Haque, Rashidul
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2010
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2950134/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20957193
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000832

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2950134/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20957193
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000832

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