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Latent infection with Leishmania donovani in highly endemic villages in Bihar, India.

Asymptomatic persons infected with the parasites causing visceral leishmaniasis (VL) usually outnumber clinically apparent cases by a ratio of 4-10 to 1. We describe patterns of markers of Leishmania donovani infection and clinical VL in relation to age in Bihar, India.We selected eleven villages hi...

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Main Authors:	Epco Hasker (Author), Sangeeta Kansal (Author), Paritosh Malaviya (Author), Kamlesh Gidwani (Author), Albert Picado (Author), Rudra Pratap Singh (Author), Ankita Chourasia (Author), Abhishek Kumar Singh (Author), Ravi Shankar (Author), Joris Menten (Author), Mary Edyth Wilson (Author), Marleen Boelaert (Author), Shyam Sundar (Author)
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Published:	Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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