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Enhanced case detection and improved diagnosis of PKDL in a Kala-azar-endemic area of Bangladesh.

To support the Bangladesh National Kala-azar Elimination Programme (NKEP), we investigated the feasibility of using trained village volunteers for detecting post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis (PKDL) cases, using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for confirmation of diagnosis and treatment compliance...

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Main Authors:	Dinesh Mondal (Author), Kamrul Nahar Nasrin (Author), M Mamun Huda (Author), Mamun Kabir (Author), Mohammad Shakhawat Hossain (Author), Axel Kroeger (Author), Tania Thomas (Author), Rashidul Haque (Author)
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Published:	Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2010-10-01T00:00:00Z.
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