Male predominance in reported Visceral Leishmaniasis cases: Nature or nurture? A comparison of population-based with health facility-reported data.

• Main Authors: Kristien Cloots (Author), Sakib Burza (Author), Paritosh Malaviya (Author), Epco Hasker (Author), Sangeeta Kansal (Author), Guy Mollett (Author), Jaya Chakravarty (Author), Nurpur Roy (Author), Bibek Kumar Lal (Author), Suman Rijal (Author), Shyam Sundar (Author), Marleen Boelaert (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<h4>Background</h4>Bangladesh, India, and Nepal aim for the elimination of Visceral Leishmaniasis (VL), a systemic parasitic infectious disease, as a public health problem by 2020. For decades, male patients have comprised the majority of reported VL cases in this region. By comparing th...