Accelerated active case detection of visceral leishmaniasis patients in endemic villages of Bangladesh.

The visceral leishmaniasis (VL) elimination program in Bangladesh is in its attack phase. The primary goal of this phase is to decrease the burden of VL as much as possible. Active case detection (ACD) by the fever camp method and an approach using past VL cases in the last 6-12 months have been fou...

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Main Authors: Jahanara Khatun, M Mamun Huda, Md Shakhawat Hossain, Wolfgang Presber, Debashis Ghosh, Axel Kroeger, Greg Matlashewski, Dinesh Mondal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4121163?pdf=render