title: Telehealth: a perspective approach for visceral leishmaniasis (kala-azar) control in India.
abstract: Visceral leishmaniasis, also known as kala-azar, is a vector borne disease caused by the protozoan parasite, L. donovani. Poor and neglected populations in Indian sub-continent are particularly affected by this disease. Due to the diversity of epidemiological situations, no single  diagnosis, treatment, or control will be suitable for all. Control measures through case findings, treatment, and vector control are seldom used, even where they could be useful. Modern tools like telehealth, using space technology, have now come in handy to address issues of disease surveillance,  control checking, and evaluation. The present study focuses on telehealth as a current vector control strategy, perspectives on diagnosis, treatment, and control of visceral leishmaniasis as these deserve more attention and research.
authors.affiliation: Department of Vector Biology and Control, Rajendra Memorial Research Institute of Medical Sciences ICMR, Patna 800007, Bihar, India.
authors.forename: Gouri Sankar
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Bhunia
authors.forename: Shreekant
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kesari
authors.forename: Nandini
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Chatterjee
authors.forename: Vijay
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: Pradeep
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Das
mesh_terms: D003140:Communicable Disease Control / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D007898:Leishmaniasis, Visceral / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D017216:Telemedicine / Q000379:methods*