Of cattle, sand flies and men: a systematic review of risk factor analyses for South Asian visceral leishmaniasis and implications for elimination.

• Published in: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
• Main Authors: Caryn Bern, Orin Courtenay, Jorge Alvar
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010
• Subjects: Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270; Arctic; Azar; Indian
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000599; https://doaj.org/article/ee7c92a52d13412f8ba1f1e0787d7521

Studies performed over the past decade have identified fairly consistent epidemiological patterns of risk factors for visceral leishmaniasis (VL) in the Indian subcontinent.To inform the current regional VL elimination effort and identify key gaps in knowledge, we performed a systematic review of th...