Visceral leishmaniasis in far western Nepal: another case and concerns about a new area of endemicity

Case Reports

Dan Schwarz et al. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2011 Mar.

. 2011 Mar;84(3):508.

doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.2011.11-0021.

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Case report: Expansion of visceral leishmaniasis to the western hilly part of Nepal.
Pandey BD, Pun SB, Kaneko O, Pandey K, Hirayama K. Pandey BD, et al. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2011 Jan;84(1):107-8. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.2011.10-0291. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2011. PMID: 21212211 Free PMC article.

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