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- Title
Long-lasting Insecticidal Nets to Prevent Visceral Leishmaniasis in the Indian Subcontinent; Methodological Lessons Learned from a Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial.
- Authors
Picado, Albert; Ostyn, Bart; Rijal, Suman; Sundar, Shyam; Singh, Shri Prakash; Chappuis, François; Das, Murari Lal; Khanal, Basudha; Gidwani, Kamlesh; Hasker, Epco; Dujardin, Jean Claude; Vanlerberghe, Veerle; Menten, Joris; Coosemans, Marc; Boelaert, Marleen
- Abstract
The authors discuss a randomised controlled trial regarding the use of long-lasting insecticide treated nets (ITNs) to prevent visceral leishmaniasis (VL), also known as kala-azar, in India. Topics include control of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), Leishmania donovani infection, and indoor residual spraying as a vector control method.
- Subjects
INSECTICIDE-treated mosquito nets; VISCERAL leishmaniasis; LEISHMANIA donovani; RANDOMIZED controlled trials; TROPICAL medicine; VECTOR control; PREVENTION
- Publication
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2015, Vol 9, Issue 4, p1
- ISSN
1935-2727
- Publication type
Opinion
- DOI
10.1371/journal.pntd.0003597