Table 1.
Characteristics of 5030 visceral leishmaniasis (VL) patients included in the current analysis, and distribution of symptom duration in days prior to diagnosis, Bihar State, India, January 2018 – July 2019.
| Patient characteristic | Total N | Duration of symptoms prior to VL diagnosis [n (Row %)] | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Column %) | <30 days | 30–59 days | 60–89 days | ≥90 days | |
| Total | 5030 (100.0) | 1710 (34.0) | 2052 (40.8) | 739 (14.7) | 529 (10.5) |
| Age group | |||||
| <15 years | 1544 (30.7) | 609 (39.4) | 617 (40.0) | 203 (13.2) | 115 (7.5) |
| 15-35 years | 1832 (36.4) | 610 (33.3) | 751 (41.0) | 281 (15.3) | 190 (10.4) |
| >35 years | 1654 (32.9) | 491 (29.7) | 684 (41.4) | 255 (15.4) | 224 (13.5) |
| Sex | |||||
| Male | 2912 (57.9) | 995 (34.2) | 1182 (40.6) | 405 (13.9) | 330 (11.3) |
| Female | 2118 (42.1) | 715 (33.8) | 870 (41.1) | 334 (15.8) | 199 (9.4) |
| Previously treated for VL1 | |||||
| Yes | 435 (8.7) | 145 (33.3) | 180 (41.4) | 61 (14.0) | 49 (11.3) |
| No | 4592 (91.4) | 1565 (34.1) | 1870 (40.7) | 678 (14.8) | 479 (10.4) |
| Caste type2 | |||||
| Marginalized | 1739 (34.7) | 568 (32.7) | 764 (43.9) | 234 (13.5) | 173 (10) |
| Non-marginalized | 3279 (65.3) | 1139 (34.7) | 1284 (39.2) | 503 (15.3) | 353 (10.8) |
| House construction3 | |||||
| Kuccha | 1891 (37.7) | 649 (34.3) | 804 (42.5) | 249 (13.2) | 189 (10) |
| Pucca or Semi-pucca | 3132 (62.4) | 1059 (33.8) | 1245 (39.8) | 490 (15.7) | 338 (10.8) |
| Mode of case detection | |||||
| Active | 1997 (39.7) | 767 (38.4) | 865 (43.3) | 232 (11.6) | 133 (6.7) |
| Passive | 3033 (60.3) | 943 (31.1) | 1187 (39.1) | 507 (16.7) | 396 (13.1) |
| ACD referral source4 | |||||
| ASHA | 676 (33.9) | 250 (37.0) | 306 (45.3) | 79 (11.7) | 41 (6.1) |
| KBC | 847 (42.4) | 319 (37.7) | 375 (44.3) | 99 (11.7) | 54 (6.4) |
| Others | 473 (23.7) | 197 (41.7) | 184 (38.9) | 54 (11.4) | 38 (8.0) |
| HIV infection status5 | |||||
| Positive | 193 (3.9) | 52 (26.9) | 63 (32.6) | 35 (18.1) | 43 (22.3) |
| Negative | 4768 (96.1) | 1628 (34.1) | 1966 (41.2) | 695 (14.6) | 479 (10.1) |
1 Data missing for 3 patients. 2 Data missing for 12 patients. 3 Data missing for 7 patients. 4Source of active case detection referral: KBC, kala-azar block coordinator; data missing for one patient. 5Data missing for 69 patients.