Magnitude, Knowledge and Burden of Kala-azar: A Study of Eastern Bihar
Dipti Govil, Harihar Sahoo, K.C. Dasand Sarang P. Pedgaonkar
Visceral Leishmaniasis, popularly known as Kala-azar, is a vector-borne disease and spreads through the bite of sand-fly. World's 67% cases of Kala-azar occur in India, Nepal, and Bangladesh. In India, the disease endemicis with epicenter in Bihar and Jharkhand, and spread mild in Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal. Indian Kala-azar elimination program metargeted to reduce the annual incidence to 1 case per 10,000 populations by 2017. Kala-azar is considered a disease of the poor or rural population having low nutrition, low education and poor quality of housing.
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January 2018