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Kala azar incidence highest in India: expert [1]

The incidence of kala azar, an infectious disease, in India is among the highest in the world and 2.5 million cases of kala azar are detected globally every year, said Professor V P Sharma, former director of Malaria Research Centre in Delhi and Additional Director General, ICMR, at National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER) in Mohali on Thursday.

Publication Date: 
12/12/2008
Indian Express (Chandigarh) [2]
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Health [3], Kala Azar [4], India [5], Mohali (D) [6]
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