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. 2020 Aug;26(8):1956-1958.
doi: 10.3201/eid2608.200557.

Visceral Leishmaniasis Caused by Leishmania donovani Zymodeme MON-37, Western Ghats, India

Prasanta Saini, N Pradeep Kumar, P M Ajithlal, Aswathy Joji, K R Rajesh, K J Reena, Ashwani Kumar

Visceral Leishmaniasis Caused by Leishmania donovani Zymodeme MON-37, Western Ghats, India

Prasanta Saini et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2020 Aug.
No abstract available

Keywords: Black fever; Dumdum fever; Leishmania donovani; Phlebotomus argentipes; indigenous; kala-azar; lambda cyhalothrin; leishmaniasis; liposomal amphotericin B; parasites; phlebotomine sand flies; visceral leishmaniasis; zymodeme MON-37.

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Spatial distribution and detailed timeline of VL cases in the foothills of Western Ghats, Kerala, India. VL, visceral leishmaniasis.
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