Impact of intensified control on visceral leishmaniasis in a highly-endemic district of Bihar, India: an interrupted time series analysis

• Main Authors: Vijay Kumar, Niyamat A. Siddiqui, Timothy M. Pollington, Rakesh Mandal, Sushmita Das, Shreekant Kesari, Vidyanand R. Das, Krishna Pandey, T. Déirdre Hollingsworth, Lloyd A.C. Chapman, Pradeep Das
• Other Authors: All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna
• Format: Article
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Immunology and Microbiology; Medicine
• Online Access: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/74115
• Institution: Mahidol University

Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is declining in India and the World Health Organization's (WHO) 2020 ‘elimination as a public health problem’ target has nearly been achieved. Intensified combined interventions might help reach elimination, but their impact has not been assessed. WHO's Neglecte...