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. 2011 Feb 8;5(2):e960. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000960

Table 3. Efforts required for different ACD strategies.

Round 1 Round 2
SaranIndia M'purIndia SarlahiNepal M'sinhB'desh Overall SaranIndia M'purIndia SarlahiNepal M'sinhB'desh Overall
Mean # of new VL cases detected per camp 0.26 0.14 0.83 0.6 0.36 0.28 0.14 0.50 0.14 0.23
Mean # of new VL cases detected per index case 0.05 0.05 --- 0.06 0.05 --- 0.06 --- 0.03 0.03
# households screened to detect a new VL case
Index case based approach 1000 967 --- 174 648 --- 800 --- 249 387
Incentive based approach 594 1888 1511 NA 978 NA NA NA NA NA
Blanket approach 1326 2433 1234 654 1092 991 3672 1991 1305 1519