Active surveillance identified a neglected burden of macular cases of Post Kala-azar Dermal Leishmaniasis in West Bengal

BACKGROUND: Post Kala-azar Dermal Leishmaniasis (PKDL) develops in patients apparently cured of Visceral Leishmaniasis (VL), and is the strongest contender for being the disease reservoir. Therefore, existence of a few cases is sufficient to trigger an epidemic of VL in a given community, emphasizin...

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Autores principales: Sengupta, Ritika, Chaudhuri, Surya Jyati, Moulik, Srija, Ghosh, Manab Kumar, Saha, Bibhuti, Das, Nilay Kanti, Chatterjee, Mitali
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2019
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6428339/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30856178
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007249

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