The story of elimination of visceral leishmaniasis (kala-azar) in India-Challenges towards sustainment.

The earliest record of visceral leishmaniasis (kala-azar, KA, VL) dates back two centuries from Jessore (now in Bangladesh), with 0.75 million deaths in 3 years. In the 1950s, there was extensive insecticide dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) spray under the aegis of the National Malaria Eradicat...

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Main Author: Shyam Sundar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2025-08-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0013321
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