%0 Journal Article
%T Paediatric visceral leishmaniasis: a retrospective study on clinical manifestations, demographic features and laboratory findings of hospitalised cases in Iran between 2006 and 2016
%A Aliehsan Heidari
%A Amir Heidari
%A Erfan Ghasemi
%A Manijeh Nourian
%A Mehdi Mohebali
%A Saleheh Tajali
%J Tropical Doctor
%@ 1758-1133
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/0049475518811513
%X Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is a neglected disease. Our retrospective study describes 38 clinical and epidemiological characteristics of VL in patients admitted to a paediatric hospital in Tehran, Iran, who came from different geographical regions, indicating that the disease has spread to most parts of the country. Some 76.3% of the children documented suffered with symptoms of the disease for two months before admission
%K Visceral leishmaniasis
%K children
%K Iran
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0049475518811513