Stauch, Anette ; Sarkar, Ram Rup ; Picado, Albert ; Ostyn, Bart ; Sundar, Shyam ; Rijal, Suman ; Boelaert, Marleen ; Dujardin, Jean-Claude ; Duerr, Hans-Peter (2011) Visceral Leishmaniasis in the Indian subcontinent: modelling epidemiology and control PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 5 (11). pp. 1-12. ISSN 1935-2735
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Abstract
In the Indian subcontinent, about 200 million people are at risk of developing visceral leishmaniasis (VL). In 2005, the governments of India, Nepal and Bangladesh started the first regional VL elimination program with the aim to reduce the annual incidence to less than 1 per 10,000 by 2015. A mathematical model was developed to support this elimination program with basic quantifications of transmission, disease and intervention parameters. This model was used to predict the effects of different intervention strategies.
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