Kala-azar among labour migrants in Metema-Humera region of Ethiopia.
A semi-prospective study of clinical and laboratory data of kala-azar was made in 27 patients from Metema-Humera lowlands in north-west Ethiopia. Most patients were labour migrants. A high mortality rate (55.6%) was found in these labourers in spite of therapy with pentavalent antimonials. We suspect that kala-azar in this region is a zoonosis and believe that the clinical picture is similar to that of the Sudan.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D005002:Ethiopia; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007898:Leishmaniasis, Visceral / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014171:Transients and Migrants