Frequency of Congenital Visceral  Leishmaniasis in paediatric patients visiting a tertiary care institute in Jharkhand, India-A case study over 3 years duration

Dr. Kamlesh Prasad Sinha; Dr. Purnima Bharati; Dr. Smita Gupta

Volume : V, Issue : XII, December - 2016

Frequency of Congenital Visceral Leishmaniasis in paediatric patients visiting a tertiary care institute in Jharkhand, India-A case study over 3 years duration

Dr. Kamlesh Prasad Sinha, Dr. Purnima Bharati, Dr. Smita Gupta

Abstract :

Visceral leishmaniasis(Kala Azar) is an endemic disease in Bihar and many districts of Jharkhand. VL (kala-azar) typically affects children <5 yr of age in the New World and Mediterranean region (L.infantum /chagasi) and older children and young adults in Africa and Asia (L. donovani). During this three year period,12 patients were confirmatory diagnosed as Kala Azar by the presence of LD bodies in bone marrow aspirates. Among them, 2 cases were found to be of congenital Leishmaniasis, who presented with fever and marked splenomegaly and their mothers were not suffering from Kala Azar at that time.