High Seropositivity to rK39 and Capture of <i>Leishmania</i> -Infected Sand Flies in Bihar and Jharkhand Emphasize the Need for Post-Elimination Surveillance of Visceral Leishmaniasis in India
Low-level Leishmania transmission persists in India highlighting criticality of continued surveillance. Combining epidemiological, serological, and entomological surveys improves rapid outbreak assessment and intervention, and enhances efficacy of surveillance to sustain VL elimination.
Authors
- Pushkar Dubey (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4949-326X)
- Smita Pandey (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0932-6301)
- Indranil Sukla
- Tanmay Mahapatra (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5401-2045)
- Sadhana Sharma (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2400-0051)
- Prabhas Kumar Mishra
- Debanjan Patra
- Gaurav Kumar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2075-9244)
- Sridhar Srikantiah (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7536-9625)
- Tiago D. Serafim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1606-559X)
- Jesus Gilberto Valenzuela (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5589-9450)
- Bikas Sinha
- Shaden Kamhawi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4304-636X)
- Joy Bindroo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2242-220X)
- Caryn Bern (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8195-7303)
- Khushbu Priyamvada (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3245-4384)
- Eva Iniguez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-9027-0523)
- Avneesh Kumar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8579-4652)
- Pankaj Kumar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2275-9144)
- Asgar Ali (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2153-5066)
- Birendra Kumar Singh
- Shalini Singh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-7699-351X)
- Ashok Kumar
- Asahar Alam
- Claudio Meneses
- Allen W. Hightower
- Mohammad Shahnawaz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-3901-9281)
- Patrick Huffcutt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7215-1284)
Institutions
- National Institute of Technology Patna (IN)
- Patna Medical College and Hospital (IN)
- Central University of Jharkhand (IN)
- University of California, San Francisco (US)
- Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences (IN)
- Chandragupt Institute of Management (IN)
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (US)
- Oldham Council (GB)
- All India Institute of Medical Sciences (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The Journal of Infectious Diseases
- Published
- 2025-11-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiaf543
- Primary Topic
- Research on Leishmaniasis Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00