Kala-azar elimination in a highly-endemic district of Bihar, India: A success story.
BACKGROUND:Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) or Kala-azar has been a major public health problem in Bihar, India, for several decades. A few VL infected districts including Vaishali have reported >600 cases annually. Hence, in 2015, the Government of India entrusted ICMR-Rajendra Memorial Research Inst...
Main Authors: | Vijay Kumar, Rakesh Mandal, Sushmita Das, Shreekant Kesari, Diwakar Singh Dinesh, Krishna Pandey, Vidyanand Rabi Das, Roshan Kamal Topno, Madan Prasad Sharma, Rudra Kumar Dasgupta, Pradeep Das |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2020-05-01
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Series: | PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008254 |
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