Environmental factors associated with the distribution of visceral leishmaniasis in endemic areas of Bangladesh: modeling the ecological niche

Environmental factors associated with the distribution of visceral leishmaniasis in endemic areas of Bangladesh: modeling the ecological niche

Abstract Background Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is a parasitic infection (also called kala-azar in South Asia) caused by Leishmania donovani that is a considerable threat to public health in the Indian subcontinent, including densely populated Bangladesh. The disease seriously affects the poorest su...

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Main Authors: Abu Yousuf Md Abdullah, Ashraf Dewan, Md Rakibul Islam Shogib, Md Masudur Rahman, Md Faruk Hossain
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-05-01
Series:Tropical Medicine and Health
Subjects:
Ecological niche model (ENM)
Visceral leishmaniasis (VL)
Bangladesh
Environmental factors
Human VL cases
Disease modeling
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41182-017-0054-9

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