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Point prevalence of asymptomatic VL was 110 per 1,000 persons and the rate of progression to symptomatic cases was 17.85 per 1,000 person-months. The incidence rate ratio of progression to symptomatic case was 3.36 (95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.75\u201315.01, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = 0.09) among case-contacts of VL compared with neighbors. High prevalence of asymptomatic persons and clinical VL cases and high density of <jats:italic>Phlebotomus argentipes<\/jats:italic> sand flies can lead to transmission of VL in VL-endemic areas.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.4269\/ajtmh.2010.09-0345","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2010,9,1]],"date-time":"2010-09-01T17:27:59Z","timestamp":1283362079000},"page":"502-506","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":78,"title":["Asymptomatic Infection with Visceral Leishmaniasis in a Disease-Endemic Area in Bihar, India"],"prefix":"10.4269","volume":"83","author":[{"given":"Roshan K.","family":"Topno","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Vidya N. 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