Clinico-epidemiological profiles of post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis in Varanasi.
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| ID: sea-111736
ABSTRACT
Twenty-seven cases of Post Kala-Azar Dermal Leishmaniasis (P. K. D. L.) were detected in an endemic focus of Kala-azar in Sujabad village in Varanasi Distt. Male-Female ratio of cases was 4.41. Majority (66.6 per cent) of cases had macular lesions. Histopathology of one case showed Leishmania donovani (L. D.) bodies. Densities of sand fly were more in pockets where P. K. D. L. cases were detected. All the 13 cases, which were treated with sodium antimony gluconate, responded well to therapy.
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Index:
IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
Main subject:
Phlebotomus
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Skin
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Leishmaniasis
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Disease Outbreaks
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India
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Insect Vectors
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Leishmaniasis, Visceral
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Year:
1989
Type:
Article
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