Active surveillance identified a neglected burden of macular cases of Post Kala-azar Dermal Leishmaniasis in West Bengal.

• Main Authors: Ritika Sengupta (Author), Surya Jyati Chaudhuri (Author), Srija Moulik (Author), Manab Kumar Ghosh (Author), Bibhuti Saha (Author), Nilay Kanti Das (Author), Mitali Chatterjee (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z.
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<h4>Background</h4>Post Kala-azar Dermal Leishmaniasis (PKDL) develops in patients apparently cured of Visceral Leishmaniasis (VL), and is the strongest contender for being the disease reservoir. Therefore, existence of a few cases is sufficient to trigger an epidemic of VL in a given co...