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  • Title: Kala-Azar at high altitude.
    Author: Mahajan SK, Machhan P, Kanga A, Thakur S, Sharma A, Prasher BS, Pal LS.
    Journal: J Commun Dis; 2004 Jun; 36(2):117-20. PubMed ID: 16295673.
    Abstract:
    Kala-azar or Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is a disease of low altitude (approximately 500 meters mean sea level). In India, however cases have been reported from sub-Himalayan region (350-960 meters MSL) of Kumaon region of Uttaranchal. We present two patients of VL, natives of tribal district of Kinnnaur (2000-3000 meters MSL), Himachal Pradesh, who had never visited known endemic area for Leishmaniasis. These are probably first indigenous cases of VL being reported from an area situated at an altitude of 3000 meters and 2300 meters MSL.
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