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SUBMITTER: Giorgobiani E
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3236723 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Giorgobiani Ekaterina E Chitadze Nazibrola N Chanturya Gvantsa G Grdzelidze Marina M Jochim Ryan C RC Machablishvili Anna A Tushishvili Tsiuri T Zedginidze Yulia Y Manjgaladze Marina K MK Iashvili Nino N Makharadze Manana P MP Zakaraya Tsiuri T Kikaleishvili Konstantin K Markhvashvili Ivan I Badashvili Goderdzi G Daraselia Teymuraz T Fay Michael P MP Kamhawi Shaden S Sacks David D
PLoS neglected tropical diseases 20111213 12
<h4>Background</h4>Over the last 15 years, visceral leishmaniasis (VL) has emerged as a public health concern in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia.<h4>Methodology/principal findings</h4>Seroepidemiological surveys were conducted to determine the prevalence and incidence of infection in children and dogs within the main focus of VL, and to identify risk factors associated with human infection. Of 4,250 children investigated, 7.3% were positive by direct agglutination test in a baseline survey; an a ...[more]