Visceral Leishmaniasis in Rural Bihar, India

To identify factors associated with incidence of visceral leishmaniasis (VL), we surveyed 13,416 households in Bihar State, India. VL was associated with socioeconomic status, type of housing, and belonging to the Musahar caste. Annual coverage of indoor residual insecticide spraying was 12%. Increa...

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Autores principales: Hasker, Epco, Singh, Shri Prakash, Malaviya, Paritosh, Picado, Albert, Gidwani, Kamlesh, Singh, Rudra Pratap, Menten, Joris, Boelaert, Marleen, Sundar, Shyam
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3471608/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23017164
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1810.111083
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author Hasker, Epco
Singh, Shri Prakash
Malaviya, Paritosh
Picado, Albert
Gidwani, Kamlesh
Singh, Rudra Pratap
Menten, Joris
Boelaert, Marleen
Sundar, Shyam
author_facet Hasker, Epco
Singh, Shri Prakash
Malaviya, Paritosh
Picado, Albert
Gidwani, Kamlesh
Singh, Rudra Pratap
Menten, Joris
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description To identify factors associated with incidence of visceral leishmaniasis (VL), we surveyed 13,416 households in Bihar State, India. VL was associated with socioeconomic status, type of housing, and belonging to the Musahar caste. Annual coverage of indoor residual insecticide spraying was 12%. Increasing such spraying can greatly contribute to VL control.
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spelling pubmed-34716082012-10-22 Visceral Leishmaniasis in Rural Bihar, India Hasker, Epco Singh, Shri Prakash Malaviya, Paritosh Picado, Albert Gidwani, Kamlesh Singh, Rudra Pratap Menten, Joris Boelaert, Marleen Sundar, Shyam Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch To identify factors associated with incidence of visceral leishmaniasis (VL), we surveyed 13,416 households in Bihar State, India. VL was associated with socioeconomic status, type of housing, and belonging to the Musahar caste. Annual coverage of indoor residual insecticide spraying was 12%. Increasing such spraying can greatly contribute to VL control. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2012-10 /pmc/articles/PMC3471608/ /pubmed/23017164 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1810.111083 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Boelaert, Marleen
Sundar, Shyam
Visceral Leishmaniasis in Rural Bihar, India
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