Volume 16, Number 2—February 2010
Research
Domestic Animals and Epidemiology of Visceral Leishmaniasis, Nepal
Narayan Raj Bhattarai, Gert Van der Auwera, Suman Rijal, Albert Picado, Niko Speybroeck, Basudha Khanal, Simonne De Doncker, Murari Lal Das, Bart Ostyn, Clive Davies1, Marc Coosemans, Dirk Berkvens, Marleen Boelaert, and Jean-Claude Dujardin
Table 1
Risk factors included in classification tree analysis of visceral leishmaniasis in Nepal*
| Biological factors (animals) |
|---|
| No./household |
| Samples from buffalo, cow, or goat |
| Leishmania spp.–negative samples from buffalo, cow, or goat |
| No. households with Leishmania spp.–positive animals 10, 25, 50, or 100 m from house |
| Minimum, mean, and maximum distance to household with Leishmania spp.–negative animal |
| Nos. poultry, birds, poultry and birds, pigs, dogs |
| Density (no./km2) of poultry, birds, poultry and birds, buffaloes,
cows, goats, pigs |
| Biological factors (humans) |
| No./household |
| Samples for PCR |
| Leishmania spp.–negative samples |
| No. households with Leishmania spp.–positive persons 10, 25, 50, or 100 m from house |
| Dichotomous variable for positive households for humans |
| Minimum, mean, and maximum distance to household with
Leishmania spp.–positive person |
| Household factors |
| No. houses, identity of household, latitude, longitude, education of head of household, occupation of head of household, category house type, socioeconomic index |
| No. persons/ household, rooms, persons/room, bed nets, bed nets/person |
*More details available upon request from J.-C.D.
