Asymptomatic leishmaniasis in kala-azar endemic areas of Malda district, West Bengal, India.

• Main Authors: Pabitra Saha (Author), Swagata Ganguly (Author), Moytrey Chatterjee (Author), Soumendu Bikash Das (Author), Pratip K Kundu (Author), Subhasish K Guha (Author), Tamal K Ghosh (Author), Dilip K Bera (Author), Nandita Basu (Author), Ardhendu K Maji (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2017-02-01T00:00:00Z.
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Asymptomatic leishmaniasis may drive the epidemic and an important challenge to reach the goal of joint Visceral Leishmaniasis (VL) elimination initiative taken by three Asian countries. The role of these asymptomatic carriers in disease transmission, prognosis at individual level and rate of transf...