title: Role of remote sensing, geographical information system (GIS) and bioinformatics in kala-azar epidemiology.
abstract: Visceral leishmaniasis or kala-azar is a potent parasitic infection causing death of thousands of people each year. Medicinal compounds currently available for the treatment of kala-azar have serious side effects and decreased efficacy owing to the emergence of resistant strains. The type of immune reaction is also to be considered in patients infected with Leishmania donovani (L. donovani). For complete eradication of this disease, a high level modern research is currently being applied both at the molecular level as well as at the field level. The computational approaches like remote sensing, geographical information system (GIS) and bioinformatics are the key resources for the detection and distribution of vectors, patterns, ecological and environmental factors and genomic and proteomic analysis. Novel approaches like GIS and bioinformatics have been more appropriately utilized in determining the cause of visearal leishmaniasis and in designing strategies for preventing the disease from spreading from one region to another.
authors.affiliation: Rajendra Memorial Research Institute of Medical Sciences (ICMR), Agamkuan, Patna, Bihar 800007, India.
authors.forename: Gouri Sankar
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Bhunia
authors.forename: Manas Ranjan
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Dikhit
authors.forename: Shreekant
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kesari
authors.forename: Ganesh Chandra
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Sahoo
authors.forename: Pradeep
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Das
keywords: bioinformatics; geographical information system (GIS); rK39; support vector machine (SVM)
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