Outbreak of kala-azar in Bombay
Bhatia, S.; Patel, N.; Gulhane, S.; Dongre, V.; Jijina, F.F.; Pathare, A.V.
Journal of Postgraduate Medicine 41(1): 3-4
1995
ISSN/ISBN: 0022-3859 PMID: 10740690 Document Number: 313897
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.