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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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Format: | Online Article Text |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2020
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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 |