An outbreak investigation of visceral leishmaniasis among residents of Dharan town, eastern Nepal, evidence for urban transmission of Leishmania donovani

Surendra Uranw, Epco Hasker,Lalita Roy, Filip Meheus,Murari Lal Das, Narayan Raj Bhattarai,Suman Rijal, Marleen Boelaert

BMC Infectious Diseases（2013）

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Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is a predominantly rural disease, common in the low lands of eastern Nepal. Since 1997 VL cases have also been reported among residents of the city of Dharan. Our main research objective was to find out whether there had been local transmission of VL inside the city.

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Kala-azar,Visceral leishmaniasis,Risk factor,Outbreak,Disease transmission,Sand fly infection,Nepal

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