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Post kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis: A threat to elimination program.
PLoS neglected tropical diseases - 1 Jul 2020
Gedda Mallikarjuna Rao, Singh Bhawana, Kumar Dhiraj, Singh Abhishek Kumar, Madhukar Prasoon, Upadhyay Shreya, Singh Om Prakash, Sundar Shyam
Abstract excerpt
Leishmaniasis remains a public health concern around the world that primarily affects poor folks of the developing world spanning across 98 countries with mortality of 0.2 million to 0.4 million annually. Post kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis (PKDL) is the late skin manifestation of visceral leishmaniasis (VL). It has been reported that about 2.5% to 20% of patients recovered from VL develop PKDL having stilted...
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