Indoor residual spraying for kala-azar vector control in Bangladesh: A continuing challenge.
BACKGROUND:Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) in the Indian subcontinent is a fatal disease if left untreated. Between 1994 to 2013, the Ministry of Health of Bangladesh reported 1,09,266 cases of VL and 329 VL related deaths in 37 endemic districts. Indoor residual spraying (IRS) using dichlorodiphenyltri...
Published in: | PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases |
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Main Authors: | , , , , , , , , , |
Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2018
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006846 https://doaj.org/article/86008d51ac004a63966500115d5eee04 |