Incidence of symptomatic and asymptomatic Leishmania donovani infections in high-endemic foci in India and Nepal: a prospective study.

• Hoofdauteurs: Bart Ostyn (Auteur), Kamlesh Gidwani (Auteur), Basudha Khanal (Auteur), Albert Picado (Auteur), François Chappuis (Auteur), Shri Prakash Singh (Auteur), Suman Rijal (Auteur), Shyam Sundar (Auteur), Marleen Boelaert (Auteur)
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• Gepubliceerd in: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2011-10-01T00:00:00Z.
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Incidence of Leishmania donovani infection and Visceral Leishmaniasis (VL) was assessed in a prospective study in Indian and Nepalese high-endemic villages. DAT-seroconversion was used as marker of incident infection in 3 yearly surveys. The study population was followed up to month 30 to identify i...