Surveillance for transmission of lymphatic filariasis in Colombo and Gampaha districts of Sri Lanka following mass drug administration.

Autor:	Chandrasena NT; Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka nilminicha64@gmail.com., Premaratna R; Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., Samarasekera DS; Anti Filariasis Campaign, Ministry of Health, Sri Lanka., de Silva NR; Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene [Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg] 2016 Dec; Vol. 110 (10), pp. 620-622. Date of Electronic Publication: 2016 Nov 05.
DOI:	10.1093/trstmh/trw067
Abstrakt:	Background: Sri Lanka was recently declared by WHO to have eliminated lymphatic filariasis as a public health problem, after conclusion of annual mass drug administration. Our aim was to assess the lymphatic filariasis situation, following mass drug administration. Methods: Surveillance was done in two districts of the Western Province in two consecutive phases (2009-2010 and 2013-2015), by examining 2461 thick night blood smears and performing 250 dipstick tests on children for antibodies to Brugia malayi. Results and Conclusions: Decline in bancroftian microfilaraemia (microfilaria rate 0.32% to zero) supports elimination, but re-emergence of brugian filariasisis (antibody rate, 1.6%; one microfilaria positive) is a cause for concern. (© The Author 2016. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. All rights reserved. For permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oup.com.)
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