Surendra Uranw, Narayan Raj Bhattarai, Kristien Cloots, Lalita Roy, Keshav Rai, Usha Kiran, Uttam Raj Pyakurel, Bibek Kumar Lal, Sakib Burza, Suman Rijal, Prahlad Karki, Basudha Khanal, Epco Hasker
In Nepal, visceral leishmaniasis (VL) has been targeted for elimination as a public health problem by 2026. Recently, increasing numbers of VL cases have been reported from districts of doubtful endemicity including hills and mountains, threatening the ongoing VL elimination program in Nepal. We conducted a multi-disciplinary, descriptive cross-sectional survey to assess the local transmission of Leishmania donovani in seven such districts situated at altitudes of up to 1,764 meters in western Nepal from March to December 2019...
2024: PloS One