Fig 1.
Map of the study area showed the location of Bihar in India and the location of Vaishali in Bihar.
A GIS-database built in the remote sensing project of ICMR-Rajendra Memorial Research Institute of Medical Sciences was used to create the maps in the figure.
Fig 2.
The three-tier monitoring and supervision system adopted by RMRIMS for IRS-based VL vector control program in the Vaishali District, Bihar, India.
Fig 3.
IQK-based DDT quantification post-IRS HHs sprayed by HCP (Panel A) and CSP (Panel B) assessed for undersprayed, on target, and oversprayed in first round of IRS in 2015 in the Vaishali District, Bihar.
Table 1.
Details of villages, households, and population covered, and number of febrile cases found positive with rK39 tests during active case detection in the Vaishali District, Bihar, in 2015–2016.
Fig 4.
The number of VL cases and affected villages reported each year during 2012–2016 in the Vaishali District, Bihar.
The case reduction rate (CRR) was calculated between 2013 and 2016.
Fig 5.
The case wise annual distribution of VL-affected villages during 2014–2016 in the Vaishali District, Bihar.
Table 2.
Block wise details of VL cases and its incidence rate (per 10,000 people) in the Vaishali District, Bihar, during 2012–2016.