Transmission status of lymphatic filariasis in hotspots of filarial infection, persistent districts of nepal during post-MDA surveillance.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The lymphatic filariasis (LF) elimination program in Nepal was launched in 2003, three years after the implementation of a global program to eliminate lymphatic filariasis globally. Based on antigenic prevalence below the cut-off value, i.e., ≤ 2% shown by the transmission assessment survey (TASI) report of 2017-2018, the program was stopped in Nepal. The report indicated that antigen-positive children were clustered in the community and considered hotspots. In order to find the status of lymphatic filariasis transmission at the community level, the present study was designed in the hotspots to assess antigenemia among the children born after mass drug administration (MDA), along with vector infection/infectivity in identified hotspots of Central Nepal.

Methods

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SUBMITTER: Mehta PK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12810804 | biostudies-literature | 2026

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature