Abstract：
:Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) was first reported in Pakistan over 30 years ago from the remote north-eastern Himalayan region. Sporadic cases are now widely reported from the Northern Areas, part of North-West Frontier Province (NWFP) and Punjab Province, together with Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK). Two hundred and thirty-nine cases, mostly young children, have been reported in the last decade; 52% were under 2 years old, and 86% were aged less than 5 years; the male:female ratio was 3:1. In a cross sectional study of the population in 14 endemic villages, 1938 individuals of all ages were randomly skin-tested with leishmanin and 27.4% gave a positive result. The leishmanin response rate increased with age. In some areas, almost 70% of the adults over 40 years old were positive. Leishmanin positivity appeared to cluster among households (P = 0.0003), but clinical cases among households did not (P = 0.472). The leishmanin response pattern in the foci of Chilas and AJK reflected an endemic pattern of disease, whereas that seen in the Baltistan foci suggested interrupted transmission. Human sera collected in endemic villages were tested for anti-Leishmania antibodies, 580 by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and direct agglutination test (DAT), and another 1403, as blood samples on filter paper, were tested by DAT alone. Isolations of Leishmania were made from 15 patients, 11 from bone marrow, 3 from normal skin and one from spleen. The parasites were typed as Leishmania infantum zymodeme LON-49 (= MON-1).
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Trans R Soc Trop Med Hygauthors
Rab MA,Evans DAdoi
10.1016/0035-9203(95)90644-4subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1995-01-01 00:00:00pages
27-32issue
1eissn
0035-9203issn
1878-3503journal_volume
89pub_type
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journal_title：Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
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更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.trstmh.2007.06.020
更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0035-9203(77)90107-9
更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.trstmh.2007.12.010
更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1093/trstmh/trs017
更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/0035-9203(76)90036-5
更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0035-9203(84)90295-5
更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0035-9203(84)90069-5
更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0035-9203(01)90177-4
更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0035-9203(93)90420-u
更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.trstmh.2007.02.026
更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0035-9203(89)90668-8
更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.trstmh.2008.08.010
更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0035-9203(75)90157-1
更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
pub_type： 杂志文章,随机对照试验
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更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0035-9203(77)90114-6
更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0035-9203(96)90140-6
更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The spread of chloroquine-resistant malaria has led to a resurgence of quinine in clinical use. One of the well-known side effects of quinine, reversible hearing loss, is closely related to the plasma concentration. We suggest that this hearing effect could be used as an aid in therapy control when quinine drug assay ...
journal_title：Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0035-9203(90)90069-q
更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:The objective of this study was to assess the impact of sputum quality and quantity on smear and culture positivity for Mycobacterium tuberculosis. METHODS:A total of 14 708 sputum specimens, collected from respiratory symptomatics in a TB prevalence survey, were evaluated for gross appearance and volume of...
journal_title：Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1093/trstmh/trt100
更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:In 1973, 2610 sera were collected from adults living in 22 localities in four states in Peninsular Malaysia and tested by IFAT for Plasmodium falciparum antibodies. A larger number of thin films were examined. The attack phase of the Malaria Eradication Programme (MEP) in these areas was started between 1968 and 1973....
journal_title：Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0035-9203(80)90104-2
更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Six hundred and ninety-three patients with kala-azar were seen in Khartoum, Sudan, from January 1989 to February 1990. They were almost exclusively from the Nuer tribe, originating from the western Upper Nile province in southern Sudan, an area not known previously to be endemic for kala-azar. Because of the civil war...
journal_title：Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0035-9203(91)90293-8
更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0035-9203(77)90049-9
更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:931 serum samples collected at random from healthy subjects in the four health zones of Imo State were analysed for the presence of rubella haemagglutination inhibition antibodies. Rubella antibodies were present in 625 of the samples giving a prevalence of 66.6%. There was a gradual increase in the prevalence of thes...
journal_title：Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0035-9203(85)90114-2
更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00
