PKDL—A Silent Parasite Pool for Transmission of Leishmaniasis in Kala-azar Endemic Areas of Malda District, West Bengal, India

• Swagata Ganguly ,

  * E-mail: swagatamedicine@gmail.com

  Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Calcutta School of Tropical Medicine, Kolkata, West Bengal, India, Department of Microbiology, NRS Medical College & Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

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• Pabitra Saha,

  Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Calcutta School of Tropical Medicine, Kolkata, West Bengal, India, Department of Zoology, A. P. C. Roy Govt. College, Himachal Bihar, Matigara, Siliguri, West Bengal, India

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• Moytrey Chatterjee,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Calcutta School of Tropical Medicine, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

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• Surajit Roy,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Calcutta School of Tropical Medicine, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

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• Tamal Kanti Ghosh,

  Affiliation Medinipur Medical College, West Medinipur, West Bengal, India

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• Subhasish K. Guha,

  Affiliation Department of Tropical Medicine, Calcutta School of Tropical Medicine, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

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• Pratip K. Kundu,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Calcutta School of Tropical Medicine, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

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• Dilip K. Bera,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Calcutta School of Tropical Medicine, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

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• Nandita Basu,

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, Calcutta School of Tropical Medicine, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

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• Ardhendu K. Maji

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Calcutta School of Tropical Medicine, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

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