Assessing the Presence of Wuchereria bancrofti Infections in Vectors Using Xenomonitoring in Lymphatic Filariasis Endemic Districts in Ghana

Assessing the Presence of Wuchereria bancrofti Infections in Vectors Using Xenomonitoring in Lymphatic Filariasis Endemic Districts in Ghana

Mass drug administration (MDA) is the current mainstay to interrupt the transmission of lymphatic filariasis. To monitor whether MDA is effective and transmission of lymphatic filariasis indeed has been interrupted, rigorous surveillance is required. Assessment of transmission by programme managers...

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Main Authors: Sellase Pi-Bansa, Joseph H. N. Osei, Worlasi D. Kartey-Attipoe, Elizabeth Elhassan, David Agyemang, Sampson Otoo, Samuel K. Dadzie, Maxwell A. Appawu, Michael D. Wilson, Benjamin G. Koudou, Dziedzom K. de Souza, Jürg Utzinger, Daniel A. Boakye
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-03-01
Series:Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease
Subjects:
Anopheles melas
Ghana
lymphatic filariasis
post-mass drug administration surveillance
Wuchereria bancrofti
xenomonitoring
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2414-6366/4/1/49

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