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Male children aged 10\u2009years or younger were the most infected by <jats:italic>Leishmania donovani<\/jats:italic> in the community. The hospital record indicated that 60% of previously treated visceral leishmaniasis patients were severely malnourished during admission. Risk factors associated with the disease included low formal education (adjusted odds ratio [aOR] = 4.39; 95% CI = 1.66\u201311.59; <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> &lt;0.05), peasant farming (aOR = 8.49; 95% CI = 2.77\u201326.00; <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> &lt;0.05), and dog ownership (aOR = 4.86; 95% CI = 1.87\u201312.60; <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> &lt;0.05). Social demographic risk factors for visceral leishmaniasis remain a major public health concern in West Pokot.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.4269\/ajtmh.23-0241","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,3,26]],"date-time":"2024-03-26T19:25:15Z","timestamp":1711481115000},"page":"930-935","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":6,"title":["Social Demographic Characteristics Associated with Visceral Leishmaniasis in West Pokot, Kenya"],"prefix":"10.4269","volume":"110","author":[{"given":"Bulle","family":"Abdullahi","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, School of Health Sciences, Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya;"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Joshua","family":"Mutiso","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Zoological Sciences, School of Pure and Applied Sciences, Kenyatta University, Nairobi, 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