Performance of kala-azar surveillance in Gaffargaon subdistrict of Mymensingh, Bangladesh.

• Main Authors: Kazi Mizanur Rahman (Author), Indira V M Samarawickrema (Author), David Harley (Author), Anna Olsen (Author), Colin D Butler (Author), Shariful Amin Sumon (Author), Subrata Kumar Biswas (Author), Stephen P Luby (Author), Adrian C Sleigh (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2015-04-01T00:00:00Z.
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INTRODUCTION:Elimination of kala-azar is planned for South Asia requiring good surveillance along with other strategies. We assessed surveillance in Gaffargaon upazila (a subdistrict of 13 unions) of Mymensingh district, Bangladesh highly endemic for kala-azar. METHODS:In 4703 randomly sampled house...