An outbreak investigation of visceral leishmaniasis among residents of Dharan town, eastern Nepal, evidence for urban transmission of Leishmania donovani

BACKGROUND: Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is a predominantly rural disease, common in the low lands of eastern Nepal. Since 1997 VL cases have also been reported among residents of the city of Dharan. Our main research objective was to find out whether there had been local transmission of VL inside th...

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Autores principales: Uranw, Surendra, Hasker, Epco, Roy, Lalita, Meheus, Filip, Das, Murari Lal, Bhattarai, Narayan Raj, Rijal, Suman, Boelaert, Marleen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3552873/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23327548
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-13-21

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3552873/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23327548
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-13-21

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