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SUBMITTER: Yangzom T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3516070 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Yangzom Thinley T Cruz Israel I Bern Caryn C Argaw Daniel D den Boer Margriet M Vélez Iván Dario ID Bhattacharya Sujit K SK Molina Ricardo R Alvar Jorge J
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 20121022 6
Visceral leishmaniasis was first reported in Bhutan in 2006. We conducted studies of the parasite, possible vectors and reservoirs, and leishmanin skin test and risk factor surveys in three villages. Nineteen cases were reported from seven districts. Parasite typing yielded two novel microsatellite sequences, both related to Indian L. donovani. In one case village, 40 (18.5%) of 216 participants had positive leishmanin skin test results, compared with 3 (4.2%) of 72 in the other case village and ...[more]