Serological markers of sand fly exposure to evaluate insecticidal nets against visceral leishmaniasis in India and Nepal: a cluster-randomized trial.
Visceral leishmaniasis is the world' second largest vector-borne parasitic killer and a neglected tropical disease, prevalent in poor communities. Long-lasting insecticidal nets (LNs) are a low cost proven vector intervention method for malaria control; however, their effectiveness against visc...
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| author | Kamlesh Gidwani Albert Picado Suman Rijal Shri Prakash Singh Lalita Roy Vera Volfova Elisabeth Wreford Andersen Surendra Uranw Bart Ostyn Medhavi Sudarshan Jaya Chakravarty Petr Volf Shyam Sundar Marleen Boelaert Matthew Edward Rogers |
| author_facet | Kamlesh Gidwani Albert Picado Suman Rijal Shri Prakash Singh Lalita Roy Vera Volfova Elisabeth Wreford Andersen Surendra Uranw Bart Ostyn Medhavi Sudarshan Jaya Chakravarty Petr Volf Shyam Sundar Marleen Boelaert Matthew Edward Rogers |
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| description | Visceral leishmaniasis is the world' second largest vector-borne parasitic killer and a neglected tropical disease, prevalent in poor communities. Long-lasting insecticidal nets (LNs) are a low cost proven vector intervention method for malaria control; however, their effectiveness against visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is unknown. This study quantified the effect of LNs on exposure to the sand fly vector of VL in India and Nepal during a two year community intervention trial.As part of a paired-cluster randomized controlled clinical trial in VL-endemic regions of India and Nepal we tested the effect of LNs on sand fly biting by measuring the antibody response of subjects to the saliva of Leishmania donovani vector Phlebotomus argentipes and the sympatric (non-vector) Phlebotomus papatasi. Fifteen to 20 individuals above 15 years of age from 26 VL endemic clusters were asked to provide a blood sample at baseline, 12 and 24 months post-intervention.A total of 305 individuals were included in the study, 68 participants provided two blood samples and 237 gave three samples. A random effect linear regression model showed that cluster-wide distribution of LNs reduced exposure to P. argentipes by 12% at 12 months (effect 0.88; 95% CI 0.83-0.94) and 9% at 24 months (effect 0.91; 95% CI 0.80-1.02) in the intervention group compared to control adjusting for baseline values and pair. Similar results were obtained for P. papatasi.This trial provides evidence that LNs have a limited effect on sand fly exposure in VL endemic communities in India and Nepal and supports the use of sand fly saliva antibodies as a marker to evaluate vector control interventions. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5b2d57085f3040b2a248703d7035f33f2022-12-21T20:32:08ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases1935-27271935-27352011-09-0159e129610.1371/journal.pntd.0001296Serological markers of sand fly exposure to evaluate insecticidal nets against visceral leishmaniasis in India and Nepal: a cluster-randomized trial.Kamlesh GidwaniAlbert PicadoSuman RijalShri Prakash SinghLalita RoyVera VolfovaElisabeth Wreford AndersenSurendra UranwBart OstynMedhavi SudarshanJaya ChakravartyPetr VolfShyam SundarMarleen BoelaertMatthew Edward RogersVisceral leishmaniasis is the world' second largest vector-borne parasitic killer and a neglected tropical disease, prevalent in poor communities. Long-lasting insecticidal nets (LNs) are a low cost proven vector intervention method for malaria control; however, their effectiveness against visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is unknown. This study quantified the effect of LNs on exposure to the sand fly vector of VL in India and Nepal during a two year community intervention trial.As part of a paired-cluster randomized controlled clinical trial in VL-endemic regions of India and Nepal we tested the effect of LNs on sand fly biting by measuring the antibody response of subjects to the saliva of Leishmania donovani vector Phlebotomus argentipes and the sympatric (non-vector) Phlebotomus papatasi. Fifteen to 20 individuals above 15 years of age from 26 VL endemic clusters were asked to provide a blood sample at baseline, 12 and 24 months post-intervention.A total of 305 individuals were included in the study, 68 participants provided two blood samples and 237 gave three samples. A random effect linear regression model showed that cluster-wide distribution of LNs reduced exposure to P. argentipes by 12% at 12 months (effect 0.88; 95% CI 0.83-0.94) and 9% at 24 months (effect 0.91; 95% CI 0.80-1.02) in the intervention group compared to control adjusting for baseline values and pair. Similar results were obtained for P. papatasi.This trial provides evidence that LNs have a limited effect on sand fly exposure in VL endemic communities in India and Nepal and supports the use of sand fly saliva antibodies as a marker to evaluate vector control interventions.http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3172194?pdf=render |
| spellingShingle | Kamlesh Gidwani Albert Picado Suman Rijal Shri Prakash Singh Lalita Roy Vera Volfova Elisabeth Wreford Andersen Surendra Uranw Bart Ostyn Medhavi Sudarshan Jaya Chakravarty Petr Volf Shyam Sundar Marleen Boelaert Matthew Edward Rogers Serological markers of sand fly exposure to evaluate insecticidal nets against visceral leishmaniasis in India and Nepal: a cluster-randomized trial. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases |
| title | Serological markers of sand fly exposure to evaluate insecticidal nets against visceral leishmaniasis in India and Nepal: a cluster-randomized trial. |
| title_full | Serological markers of sand fly exposure to evaluate insecticidal nets against visceral leishmaniasis in India and Nepal: a cluster-randomized trial. |
| title_fullStr | Serological markers of sand fly exposure to evaluate insecticidal nets against visceral leishmaniasis in India and Nepal: a cluster-randomized trial. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Serological markers of sand fly exposure to evaluate insecticidal nets against visceral leishmaniasis in India and Nepal: a cluster-randomized trial. |
| title_short | Serological markers of sand fly exposure to evaluate insecticidal nets against visceral leishmaniasis in India and Nepal: a cluster-randomized trial. |
| title_sort | serological markers of sand fly exposure to evaluate insecticidal nets against visceral leishmaniasis in india and nepal a cluster randomized trial |
| url | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3172194?pdf=render |
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