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- Title
Infectivity of Post-Kala-azar Dermal Leishmaniasis Patients to Sand Flies: Revisiting a Proof of Concept in the Context of the Kala-azar Elimination Program in the Indian Subcontinent.
- Authors
Molina, Ricardo; Ghosh, Debashis; Carrillo, Eugenia; Monnerat, Séverine; Bern, Caryn; Monda, Dinesh; Alvar, Jorge
- Abstract
We compared xenodiagnosis with quantitative polymerase chain reaction in skin biopsies from 3 patients with maculopapular or nodular post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis (PKDL). All patients infected sand flies. Parasite loads in skin varied from 1428 to 63 058 parasites per microgram. PKDL detection and treatment are important missing components of the kala- azar elimination program.
- Subjects
INDIA; VISCERAL leishmaniasis; LEISHMANIASIS; XENODIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL pathology; PUBLIC health; PREVENTION; DISEASE risk factors
- Publication
Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2017, Vol 65, Issue 1, p150
- ISSN
1058-4838
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/cid/cix245