@article{483, keywords = {Adolescent, Adult, Animals, Disease Outbreaks, Female, Humans, India, Leishmania donovani, Leishmaniasis, Visceral, Male, Middle Aged}, author = {Bhatia S and Patel N and Gulhane S and Dongre V and Jijina F F and Pathare A V}, title = {Outbreak of kala-azar in Bombay.}, abstract = {

A chance diagnosis of kala-azar in a patient referred from Acworth Leprosy Home in Bombay was followed up, resulting in an investigation of a total of 25 patients (inpatients and residents) for the presence of the disease. 30.3% of the patients investigated were found to be suffering from the disease. This confirms the earlier suspicion that Bombay and especially the Acworth Leprosy Home is an endemic area for kala-azar.

}, year = {1995}, journal = {Journal of postgraduate medicine}, volume = {41}, pages = {3-4}, month = {1995 Jan-Mar}, issn = {0022-3859}, language = {eng}, }