Open AccessPolicy Recommendations From Transmission Modeling for the Elimination of Visceral Leishmaniasis in the Indian Subcontinent
Author(s) -
Epke A. Le Rutte,
Lloyd A. C. Chapman,
Luc E. Coffeng,
José Antonio Ruiz-Postigo,
Piero Olliaro,
Emily R. Adams,
Epco Hasker,
Marleen Boelaert,
T. Déirdre Hollingsworth,
Graham F. Medley,
Sake J. de Vlas
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1093/cid/ciy007
Subject(s) - visceral leishmaniasis , psychological intervention , indoor residual spraying , medicine , transmission (telecommunications) , leishmaniasis , public health , environmental health , incidence (geometry) , outbreak , population , public health interventions , indian subcontinent , immunology , virology , computer science , pathology , telecommunications , malaria , ancient history , optics , history , plasmodium falciparum , physics , artemisinin , psychiatry
Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) has been targeted by the World Health Organization (WHO) and 5 countries in the Indian subcontinent for elimination as a public health problem. To achieve this target, the WHO has developed guidelines consisting of 4 phases of different levels of interventions, based on vector control through indoor residual spraying of insecticide (IRS) and active case detection (ACD). Mathematical transmission models of VL are increasingly used for planning and assessing the efficacy of interventions and evaluating the intensity and timescale required to achieve the elimination target.
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