Potential strategies for strengthening surveillance of lymphatic filariasis in American Samoa after mass drug administration: Reducing ‘number needed to test’ by targeting older age groups, hotspots, and household members of infected persons

Under the Global Programme to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis (LF), American Samoa conducted mass drug administration (MDA) from 2000–2006. Despite passing Transmission Assessment Surveys (TAS) in 2011/2012 and 2015, American Samoa failed TAS-3 in 2016, with antigen (Ag) prevalence of 0.7% (95%CI 0.3...

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Main Authors: Lau, Colleen L., Sheel, Meru, Gass, Katherine, Fuimaono, Saipale, David, Michael C., Won, Kimberly Y., Sheridan, Sarah, Graves, Patricia M.
Format: Online Article Text
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2020
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Research Article
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7872281/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33370264
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008916

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7872281/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33370264
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008916

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