{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,30]],"date-time":"2026-09-30T22:13:44Z","timestamp":1790806424855,"version":"4.1.0"},"reference-count":26,"publisher":"Wiley","license":[{"start":{"date-parts":[[2018,11,28]],"date-time":"2018-11-28T00:00:00Z","timestamp":1543363200000},"content-version":"unspecified","delay-in-days":0,"URL":"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/"}],"funder":[{"name":"Amhara Regional Health Bureau, Ethiopia"}],"content-domain":{"domain":[],"crossmark-restriction":false},"short-container-title":["Journal of Parasitology Research"],"published-print":{"date-parts":[[2018,11,28]]},"abstract":"<jats:p><jats:italic>Background<\/jats:italic>. Visceral leishmaniasis (VL, also called kala-azar) is a public health problem in Ethiopia, especially in sesame and sorghum growing areas. Compared to other populations, labor migrants are the most exposed. Knowing the seroprevalence of<jats:italic>Leishmania donovani<\/jats:italic>and associated risk factors is essential to design appropriate control measures. The main aim of this study was to assess the seroprevalence of asymptomatic<jats:italic>L. donovani<\/jats:italic>among laborers and associated risk factors in agricultural camps of West Armachiho district, Northwest Ethiopia. Therefore, this study was conducted to know the seroprevalence and associated risk factors of<jats:italic>L. donovani<\/jats:italic>infection.<jats:italic>Method<\/jats:italic>. A cross-sectional study was conducted among 185 laborers from October to December 2017. A simple random sampling technique was used to select study participants from selected agricultural camps. After obtaining written informed consent, data were collected using a structured pretested Amharic version questionnaire using the interview technique. A single finger prick blood sample was collected from the study participants and the blood samples were subjected to the serological diagnostic method using the rk39 kit. The multivariable logistic regression model was used to identify risk factors associated with<jats:italic>L. donovani<\/jats:italic>infection.<jats:italic>Result<\/jats:italic>. Among 185 participants examined using rk39, 14 (7.6%) were seroreactive for<jats:italic>L. donovani<\/jats:italic>.<jats:italic>Leishmania donovani<\/jats:italic>infection had a statistically significant association with sleeping under<jats:italic>Balanites<\/jats:italic>trees (AOR: 4.36, 95%CI: 1.186-16.06), presence of domestic animals near sleeping place (AOR: 4.68, 95% CI: 1.25-17.56), and lack of knowledge about VL transmission (AOR: 3.79, 95% CI: 1.07-13.47).<jats:italic>Conclusion<\/jats:italic>. Seroprevalence of asymptomatic<jats:italic>L. donovani<\/jats:italic>among laborers in agricultural camps of West Armachiho was low. Prevention measures and health education about risk factors that expose to<jats:italic>L. donovani<\/jats:italic>infection for the laborers are essential to prevent the spread of the disease.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1155\/2018\/5751743","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2018,11,28]],"date-time":"2018-11-28T18:30:42Z","timestamp":1543429842000},"page":"1-8","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":17,"title":["Seroprevalence of Asymptomatic<i>Leishmania donovani<\/i>among Laborers and Associated Risk Factors in Agricultural Camps of West Armachiho District, Northwest Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study"],"prefix":"10.1155","volume":"2018","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8907-6794","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Animen","family":"Ayehu","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Medical Parasitology, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Bahir Dar University, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7936-9270","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Yibeltal","family":"Aschale","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Medical Parasitology, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Debre Markos University, Debre Markos, Ethiopia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Wossenseged","family":"Lemma","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Medical Parasitology, School of Biomedical and Laboratory Sciences, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2822-2062","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Animut","family":"Alebel","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Advanced Clinical Pediatrics and Child Health Nursing, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Debre Markos University, Debre Markos, Ethiopia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9943-0526","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Ligabaw","family":"Worku","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Medical Parasitology, School of Biomedical and Laboratory Sciences, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ayalew","family":"Jejaw","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Medical Parasitology, School of Biomedical and Laboratory Sciences, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0376-0198","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Abebe Genetu","family":"Bayih","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Medical Parasitology, School of Biomedical and Laboratory Sciences, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"311","reference":[{"key":"1","year":"2010"},{"key":"2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1371\/journal.pone.0035671"},{"key":"3","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/S0738-081X(99)00046-2"},{"key":"4","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1038\/nrmicro1748"},{"key":"5","year":"2006"},{"key":"6","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.4269\/ajtmh.2007.77.275"},{"key":"7","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.actatropica.2003.09.021"},{"key":"8","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1017\/S0031182004005955"},{"key":"9","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1080\/00034983.1997.11813143"},{"key":"10","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1046\/j.1365-3156.1999.00368.x"},{"key":"11","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1371\/journal.pntd.0002543"},{"key":"12","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1186\/s13071-014-0470-1"},{"key":"13","year":"2010"},{"key":"14","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.4269\/ajtmh.2009.81.34"},{"key":"15","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.4269\/ajtmh.2009.81.373"},{"issue":"9859","key":"16","first-page":"2095","volume":"380","year":"1990","journal-title":"The Lancet"},{"key":"17","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1080\/00034983.1994.11812833"},{"key":"18","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.4269\/ajtmh.1994.51.826"},{"key":"19","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/0035-9203(95)90081-0"},{"key":"20","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/S1286-4579(02)00027-8"},{"key":"22","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.apjtm.2017.03.018"},{"key":"23","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.4269\/ajtmh.15-0738"},{"issue":"1","key":"25","volume":"15","year":"2015","journal-title":"BMC Infectious Diseases"},{"key":"26","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.trstmh.2007.05.002"},{"key":"27","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1093\/trstmh\/trw027"},{"issue":"3","key":"28","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"49","DOI":"10.21276\/apjhs.2016.3.3.8","volume":"3","year":"2016","journal-title":"Asian Pacific Journal of Health Science"}],"container-title":["Journal of Parasitology Research"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"http:\/\/downloads.hindawi.com\/journals\/jpr\/2018\/5751743.pdf","content-type":"application\/pdf","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"http:\/\/downloads.hindawi.com\/journals\/jpr\/2018\/5751743.xml","content-type":"application\/xml","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"http:\/\/downloads.hindawi.com\/journals\/jpr\/2018\/5751743.pdf","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2019,11,6]],"date-time":"2019-11-06T02:53:03Z","timestamp":1573008783000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/www.hindawi.com\/journals\/jpr\/2018\/5751743\/"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2018,11,28]]},"references-count":26,"alternative-id":["5751743","5751743"],"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1155\/2018\/5751743","relation":{},"ISSN":["2090-0023","2090-0031"],"issn-type":[{"value":"2090-0023","type":"print"},{"value":"2090-0031","type":"electronic"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2018,11,28]]}}}