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Hirve, Siddhivinayak, Singh, Shri Prakash, Kumar, Narendra, Banjara, Megha Raj, Das, Pradeep, Sundar, Shyam, Rijal, Suman, Joshi, Anand, Kroeger, Axel, Varghese, Beena, Thakur, Chandreshwar Prasad, Huda, M Mamun and Mondal, Dinesh (2010) 'Effectiveness and feasibility of active and passive case detection in the visceral leishmaniasis elimination initiative in India, Bangladesh, and Nepal.'. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Vol 83, Issue 3, pp. 507-511.
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This study analyzed the effectiveness of active case detection (ACD) for new visceral leishmaniasis (VL) cases. ACD detection was carried out using house to house screening in Bangladesh and India and by neighborhood screening around index cases in Nepal. The percent increase of new VL cases through ACD compared to PCD was 6.7-17.1% in India; 38.8% in Nepal; and 60% in Bangladesh. The screening effort was high in India and Bangladesh (house to house screening) compared to Nepal (index case screening). The additional cost per new VL case detected varied: $50 to $106 in India; $172 in Bangladesh; $262 in Nepal depending on the type of screening staff, transport and training costs. The estimated annual VL incidence in the ACD arm ranged from 315-383 in India; 109 in Bangladesh, and 43 per 100,000 in Nepal. The additional effort and cost rises as disease incidence declines or PCD improves.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Subjects: | WA Public Health > Preventive Medicine > WA 110 Prevention and control of communicable diseases. Transmission of infectious diseases WC Communicable Diseases > Tropical and Parasitic Diseases > WC 715 Visceral leishmaniasis |
| Faculty: Department: | Clinical Sciences & International Health > International Public Health Department |
| Digital Object Identifer (DOI): | https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.2010.09-0685 |
| Depositing User: | Tina Bowers |
| Date Deposited: | 25 Nov 2011 14:15 |
| Last Modified: | 28 Sep 2018 15:36 |
| URI: | https://archive.lstmed.ac.uk/id/eprint/2361 |
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