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From: Molecular evidence supports the expansion of visceral leishmaniasis towards non-program districts of Nepal

Fig. 3

Recent trends of annual VL cases (2008–2017) reported in Nepal demonstrates the inclining situation in the non-program districts while the reverse in the program districts. a. Total number of annual VL cases admitted/treated in the central hospital (STIDH) from the non-program districts was from the present study. VL, Visceral leishmaniasis; STIDH, Sukraraj Tropical and Infectious Diseases Hospital. b. National data of annual VL cases in program and non-program districts, and overall incidence (limited to national data available for recent 10 years) were obtained from the annual reports of Ministry of Health, Department of Health Services, Government of Nepal (9). Non parametric Mann-Kendall trend tests were used to analyse the VL trends in Nepal over the last 10 years. Annual numbers of cases were plotted and a trend line with Sen’s slope has been presented along with its equation in the graph. Incidence has been expressed as per 10,000 populations at risk. P-value < 0.05 was considered statistically significant or reject null hypothesis that there is no monotonic trend (i.e. significantly decreasing or increasing VL trend)

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