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dc.contributor.author | Chandrasena, T.G.A.N. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Premaratna, R. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Samarasekera, D.S. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | de Silva, N.R. | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-11-25T09:14:51Z | en_US |
dc.date.available | 2016-11-25T09:14:51Z | en_US |
dc.date.issued | 2016 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 2016;110(10):620-622 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0035-9203 (Print) | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1878-3503 (Electronic) | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0035-9203 (Linking) | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://repository.kln.ac.lk/handle/123456789/15251 | en_US |
dc.description | Indexed in MEDLINE | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | 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. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
dc.publisher | Oxford University Press | en_US |
dc.subject | Elephantiasis, Filarial | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Elephantiasis, Filarial-drug therapy | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Elephantiasis, Filarial-epidemiology | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Elephantiasis, Filarial-prevention & control | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Filaricides | en |
dc.subject.mesh | Filariasis | en |
dc.title | Surveillance for transmission of lymphatic filariasis in Colombo and Gampaha districts of Sri Lanka following mass drug administration | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
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