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Title: | Integrated school-based surveillance for soil-transmitted helminth infections and lymphatic filariasis in Gampaha district, Sri Lanka |
Authors: | Gunawardena, S. Gunawardena, N.K. Kahathuduwa, G. Karunaweera, ND. de Silva, N.R. Ranasinghe, U.B. Samarasekara, S.D. Nagodavithana, K.C. Rao, R.U. Rebollo, M.P. Weil, G.J. |
Keywords: | Filariasis |
Issue Date: | 2014 |
Publisher: | American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene |
Citation: | The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 2014; 90(4): pp.661-6 |
Abstract: | We explored the practicality of integrating surveillance for soil-transmitted helminthiasis (STH, assessed by Kato-Katz) with transmission assessment surveys for lymphatic filariasis (LF) in two evaluation units (EUs) in Gampaha district, Sri Lanka (population 2.3 million). The surveys were performed 6 years after five annual rounds of mass drug administration with diethylcarbamazine and albendazole. Each transmission assessment survey tested children (N = 1,462 inland EU; 1,642 coastal EU) sampled from 30 primary schools. Low filarial antigenemia rates (0% and 0.1% for the inland and coastal EUs) suggest that LF transmission is very low in this district. The STH rates and stool sample participation rates were 0.8% and 61% (inland) and 2.8% and 58% (coastal). Most STH detected were low or moderate intensity Trichuris trichiura infections. The added cost of including STH testing was ∼$5,000 per EU. These results suggest that it is feasible to integrate school-based surveillance for STH and LF |
Description: | Indexed in MEDLINE |
URI: | http://repository.kln.ac.lk/handle/123456789/2385 |
ISSN: | 0002-9637 (Print) 1476-1645 (Electronic) |
Appears in Collections: | Journal/Magazine Articles |
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