Assessment of transmission in areas of uncertain endemicity for lymphatic filariasis in Brazil.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The objective of the Global Program to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis (GPELF) is to phase out this endemic disease as a public health problem by 2020. Validation of elimination is obtained from the World Health Organization through evidence of non-transmission in countries that have already been subjected to mass drug administration (MDA) and in places adjoining these endemic areas. While three municipalities in Brazil have completed MDA, the epidemiological situation remains uncertain in nine adjoining municipalities. To determine the epidemiological status, this study was to perform a review of the literature and a school-based survey to describe the past and recent endemicity of lymphatic filariasis (LF) theses nine municipalities in Brazil.

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SUBMITTER: Xavier A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6917295 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature