Improved kala-azar case management through implementation of health facility-based sentinel sites surveillance system in Bihar, India.

• Main Authors: Vidya Nand Rabi Das (Author), Niyamat Ali Siddiqui (Author), Gouri Sankar Bhunia (Author), Krishna Pandey (Author), Sanjay Kumar Sinha (Author), Md Zahid Ansari (Author), Roshan Kamal Topno (Author), Chandra Sekhar Lal (Author), Alok Ranjan (Author), Vijay Pratap Singh (Author), Pradeep Das (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2021-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<h4>Background</h4>Visceral leishmaniasis (VL), also known as kala-azar (KA), is a neglected vector-borne disease, targeted for elimination, but several affected blocks of Bihar are posing challenges with the high incidence of cases, and moreover, the disease is spreading in newer areas....