ArticleFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology2021
Development and Evaluation of Active Case Detection Methods to Support Visceral Leishmaniasis Elimination in India.
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- Mutual Role of Patients and the Healthcare System in the Control of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis.Transboundary and emerging diseases · 2023Review
- Optimizing Village-Level Targeting of Active Case Detection to Support Visceral Leishmaniasis Elimination in India.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2021Article
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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 case searches are triggered by the report of a confirmed VL case, and comprise two major search mechanisms: 1) case identification based on the index case's knowledge of other known VL cases and searches in nearby houses (snowballing); and 2) sustained contact over time with a range of private providers, both formal and informal. Simultaneously, house-to-house searches were conducted in 142 villages of 47 blocks during this period. We analyzed data from 5030 VL patients reported in Bihar from January 2018 through July 2019. Of these 3033 were detected passively and 1997
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