PMID- 2614049
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 19900228
LR  - 20041117
IS  - 0019-5138 (Print)
IS  - 0019-5138 (Linking)
VI  - 21
IP  - 3
DP  - 1989 Sep
TI  - Clinico-epidemiological profiles of post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis in 
      Varanasi.
PG  - 214-7
AB  - 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 4.4:1. 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.
FAU - Rai, R N
AU  - Rai RN
FAU - Kumar, M
AU  - Kumar M
FAU - Srivastava, A
AU  - Srivastava A
FAU - Joshi, R D
AU  - Joshi RD
FAU - Asthana, A K
AU  - Asthana AK
FAU - Tripathi, V C
AU  - Tripathi VC
FAU - Dutta, K K
AU  - Dutta KK
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - India
TA  - J Commun Dis
JT  - The Journal of communicable diseases
JID - 0261652
SB  - IM
MH  - Animals
MH  - *Disease Outbreaks
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - India/epidemiology
MH  - Insect Vectors
MH  - Leishmaniasis/*epidemiology
MH  - Leishmaniasis, Visceral/complications/*epidemiology
MH  - Male
MH  - Phlebotomus
MH  - Skin/pathology
EDAT- 1989/09/01 00:00
MHDA- 1989/09/01 00:01
CRDT- 1989/09/01 00:00
PHST- 1989/09/01 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 1989/09/01 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 1989/09/01 00:00 [entrez]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Commun Dis. 1989 Sep;21(3):214-7.