Volume 11, Number 5—May 2005
Research
Risk Factors for Kala-Azar in Bangladesh
Caryn Bern*
, Allen W. Hightower*, Rajib Chowdhury†, Mustakim Ali†, Josef Amann*, Yukiko Wagatsuma†, Rashidul Haque†, Katie Kurkjian*, Louise E. Vaz*, Moarrita Begum†, Tangin Akter†, Catherine B. Cetre-Sossah*, Indu B. Ahluwalia*, Ellen Dotson*, W. Evan Secor*, Robert F. Breiman*†, and James H. Maguire*
, Allen W. Hightower*, Rajib Chowdhury†, Mustakim Ali†, Josef Amann*, Yukiko Wagatsuma†, Rashidul Haque†, Katie Kurkjian*, Louise E. Vaz*, Moarrita Begum†, Tangin Akter†, Catherine B. Cetre-Sossah*, Indu B. Ahluwalia*, Ellen Dotson*, W. Evan Secor*, Robert F. Breiman*†, and James H. Maguire*
Table 1
Cumulative incidence of kala-azar (KA) from January 2000 to December 2003 in a Bangladeshi community*
| Age (y) | Male |
Female |
All |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | KA patients (%) | n | KA patients (%) | n | KA patients (%) | |
| <3 | 113 | 3 (2.7) | 103 | 1 (1.0) | 216 | 4 (1.9) |
| 3–14 | 396 | 40 (10.1) | 425 | 31 (7.3) | 821 | 71 (8.7) |
| 15–45 | 462 | 33 (7.1) | 540 | 41 (7.6) | 1,002 | 74 (7.4) |
| >45 | 127 | 5 (3.9) | 123 | 1 (0.8) | 250 | 6 (2.4) |
| All | 1,098 | 81 (7.4) | 1,191 | 74 (6.2) | 2,289 | 155 (6.8) |
*Patients with onset before 2000 (n = 58) were excluded.
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