Outbreak of kala azar: our experience in South Sudan

Kala-azar Epidemiology and Control, Southern Sudan

Southern Sudan is one of the areas in eastern Africa most affected by visceral leishmaniasis (kala-azar), but lack of security and funds has hampered control. Since 2005, the return of stability has opened up new opportunities to expand existing interventions and introduce new ones.

Conflict and kala-azar: determinants of adverse outcomes of kala-azar among patients in southern Sudan.

We analyzed data obtained from 3365 patients with kala-azar (KA) or post-KA dermal leishmaniasis (PKDL) treated by Medecins Sans Frontieres-Holland in south Sudan from October 1998-May 2002. Patients were malnourished (median body mass index [BMI], 15.5; median weight for height [WFH], 75.5%) and anemic (median hemoglobin (Hb) level, 8.5 g/dL). The proportion of patients with primary KA who wer...

nomadic kala-azar in south of iran

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Emphasis on Kala-azar in South Asia

6 1 Global Overview of Leishmaniasis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 7 1.1 Disease Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 8 1.2 Disease Incidence/Distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....

Outbreak of Kala-Azar in an Institution in Bombay