Historical experience in the elimination of visceral leishmaniasis in the plain region of Eastern and Central China

Table 5 The last VL case in the plain regions of the seven provinces studied

*Province*	*County*	*Year of disease onset of the last case*	*Year of the case confirmed*	*Reference*
Shandong	Shanxian	1973	1986	Teng et al., [56]
	Gaomi	1973	1991	Zhang et al., [57]
Jiangsu	Xinyi	1959	1976	East regional cooperation meeting, 1976
Anhui	Xiuxian	1969	1969	Xiuxian County Anti-epidemic Station (Kong XC, 2002, personal correspondence)
	Funan	1969	1972	East regional cooperation conference, 1976
Henan	Xuchang	1983	1983	Wang et al., [58]
Hebei	Dingxian	-	1978	Guan et al., [59]
Hubei	Junxian	1959	1963	Gui et al., [60]
Shaanxi (central plain region)	Meixian	1965	1965	Meixian County Anti-epidemic Station, 1973

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