Le, Rutte EA and Chapman, LAC and Coffeng, LE and Ruiz-Postigo, JA and Olliaro, PL and Adams, ER and Hasker, EC and Boelaert, MC and Hollingsworth, TD and Medley, GF and de, Vlas SJ (2018) Policy Recommendations From Transmission Modeling for the Elimination of Visceral Leishmaniasis in the Indian Subcontinent. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 66 (4). S301-S308. ISSN 1058-4838
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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.