Active case detection in national visceral leishmaniasis elimination programs in Bangladesh, India, and Nepal: Feasibility, performance and costs

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Huda, M Mamun ^a   Hirve, Siddhivinayak ^b,c   Siddiqui, Niyamat Ali ^d   Malaviya, Paritosh ^e   Banjara, Megha Raj ^f   Das, Pradeep ^d   Kansal, Sangeeta ^e   Gurung, Chitra Kumar ^f   Naznin, Eva ^g   Rijal, Suman ^h   Arana, Byron ^g   Kroeger, Axel ^g,i   Mondal, Dinesh ^j  

^a Icddr B   (Bangladesh)

^b KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d RAJENDRA MEMORIAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^e BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^f TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^g WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^h B P KOIRALA INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Nepal)

ⁱ LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^j Centre for Nutrition and Food Security   (Bangladesh)

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Author keywords

Active case detection; Bangladesh; Elimination progamme; India; Kala azar; Nepal; Post kala azar dermal leishmaniasis; Visceral leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BED NET; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE ERADICATION; ECONOMICS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; INDIA; INSECT CONTROL; NEPAL; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; STANDARD; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMALS; BANGLADESH; DISEASE ERADICATION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; INDIA; INSECT CONTROL; INSECT VECTORS; INSECTICIDE-TREATED BEDNETS; INSECTICIDES; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; NEPAL; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84869202214     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-1001     Document Type: Article

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