Table 2.

Improved visceral leishmaniasis (VL) case detection in the active case detection (ACD) arm by site

	Saran, India	Muzaffarpur, India	Sunsari et al., Nepal	Mymensingh, Bangladesh	Overall
Population screened (a)	33,928	40,317	57,713	29,226	161,184
VL cases diagnosed in last 1 year and reported in screening (b)	111	119	18	20	268
New VL cases actively detected by screening (c)	19	8	7	12	46
% Increase caused by active detection (c/b*100)	17.1%	6.7%	38.8%	60%	17.1%
Estimated VL incidence in 1 year (b + c)†	130	127	25	32	314
VL 1-year incidence rate per 100,000 ([b + c]/a*100,000)	383.1	315	43.3	109.4	194.8
PKDL cases newly detected	0	14	0	18	32
PKDL prevalence per 100,000	–	34.7	–	61.6	19.9

^†The few reported VL deaths were not included.

PKDL = post kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis.