Impact of IRS: Four-years of entomological surveillance of the Indian Visceral Leishmaniases elimination programme.
Rinki DebRudra Pratap SinghPrabhas Kumar MishraLisa HitchinsEmma ReidArti Manorama BarwaDebanjan PatraChandrima DasIndranil SuklaAshish Kumar SrivastavaShilpa RajSwikruti MishraMadhuri SwainSwapna MondalUdita MandalGeraldine M FosterAnna TrettGala GarrodLaura McKenzieAsgar AliKarthick MorchanIndrajit ChaudhuriNupur RoyNaresh K GillChandramani SinghNeeraj AgarwalSadhana SharmaMichelle C StantonJanet HemingwaySridhar SrikantiahMichael ColemanPublished in: PLoS neglected tropical diseases (2021)
Through effective case detection and management reducing the infection reservoirs for P. argentipes in the human population combined with IRS keeping P. argentipes abundance and infectivity low has reduced VL transmission. This combination of effective case management and vector control has now brought India within reach of the VL elimination targets.