Development and Evaluation of Active Case Detection Methods to Support Visceral Leishmaniasis Elimination in India.

ABSTRACT: As India moves toward the elimination of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) as a public health problem, comprehensive timely case detection has become increasingly important, in order to reduce the period of infectivity and control outbreaks. During the 2000s, localized research studies suggested that a large percentage of VL cases were never reported in government data. However, assessments conducted from 2013 to 2015 indicated that 85% or more of confirmed cases were eventually captured and reported in surveillance data, albeit with significant delays before diagnosis. Based on methods developed during these assessments, the CARE India team evolved new strategies for active case detection (ACD), applicable at large scale while being sufficiently effective in reducing time to diagnosis. Active c

SUBMITTER: Dubey P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8024686 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature