Challenges for maintaining post elimination phase of visceral leishmaniasis control programme in India: A field-based study.

• Main Authors: Subhasish Kamal Guha (Author), Ashif Ali Sardar (Author), Pabitra Saha (Author), Moytrey Chatterjee (Author), Kingsuk Jana (Author), Anwesha Samanta (Author), Dipankar Maji (Author), Prasanta Biswas (Author), Rahul Bhattacharya (Author), Ardhendu Kumar Maji (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2024-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<h4>Background</h4>India is going through the maintenance phase of VL elimination programme which may be threatened by the persistence of hidden parasite pools among asymptomatic leishmanial infection (ALI) and PKDL. The present work was designed to determine the burden of VL, PKDL, and...