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dc.contributor.author | Gunawardena, S. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Gunawardena, N.K. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Kahathuduwa, G. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Karunaweera, ND. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | de Silva, N.R. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Ranasinghe, U.B. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Samarasekara, S.D. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Nagodavithana, K.C. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Rao, R.U. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Rebollo, M.P. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Weil, G.J. | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-10-29T10:14:44Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2014-10-29T10:14:44Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2014 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 2014; 90(4): pp.661-6 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0002-9637 (Print) | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1476-1645 (Electronic) | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://repository.kln.ac.lk/handle/123456789/2385 | - |
dc.description | Indexed in MEDLINE | - |
dc.description.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 | - |
dc.publisher | American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene | en_US |
dc.subject | Filariasis | en_US |
dc.title | Integrated school-based surveillance for soil-transmitted helminth infections and lymphatic filariasis in Gampaha district, Sri Lanka | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.identifier.department | Parasitology | en_US |
dc.creator.corporateauthor | American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene | en_US |
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