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SUBMITTER: Ostyn B
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3186756 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ostyn Bart B Gidwani Kamlesh K Khanal Basudha B Picado Albert A Chappuis François F Singh Shri Prakash SP Rijal Suman S Sundar Shyam S Boelaert Marleen M
PLoS neglected tropical diseases 20111004 10
Incidence of Leishmania donovani infection and Visceral Leishmaniasis (VL) was assessed in a prospective study in Indian and Nepalese high-endemic villages. DAT-seroconversion was used as marker of incident infection in 3 yearly surveys. The study population was followed up to month 30 to identify incident clinical cases. In a cohort of 9034 DAT-negative individuals with neither active signs nor history of VL at baseline, 42 VL cases and 375 asymptomatic seroconversions were recorded in the firs ...[more]