Variations in visceral leishmaniasis burden, mortality and the pathway to care within Bihar, India

Variations in visceral leishmaniasis burden, mortality and the pathway to care within Bihar, India

Abstract Background Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) has been targeted by the WHO for elimination as a public health problem (< 1 case/10,000 people/year) in the Indian sub-continent (ISC) by 2020. Bihar State in India, which accounts for the majority of cases in the ISC, remains a major target for th...

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Main Authors: Sarah Jervis, Lloyd A. C. Chapman, Shweta Dwivedi, Morchan Karthick, Aritra Das, Epke A. Le Rutte, Orin Courtenay, Graham F. Medley, Indranath Banerjee, Tanmay Mahapatra, Indrajit Chaudhuri, Sridhar Srikantiah, T. Déirdre Hollingsworth
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-12-01
Series:Parasites & Vectors
Subjects:
Visceral leishmaniasis
Case burden
Bihar
India
Pathway to care
Onset-to-diagnosis time
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13071-017-2530-9

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