Low transmission of Wuchereria bancrofti in cross-border districts of Cote d'Ivoire: A great step towards lymphatic filariasis elimination in West Africa.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Lymphatic filariasis (LF) is widely endemic in Côte d'Ivoire, and elimination as public health problem (EPHP) is based on annual mass drug administration (MDA) using ivermectin and albendazole. To guide EPHP efforts, we evaluated Wuchereria bancrofti infection indices among humans, and mosquito vectors after four rounds of MDA in four cross-border health districts of Côte d'Ivoire.

Methodology

We monitored people and mosquitoes for W. bancrofti infections in the cross-border health districts of Aboisso, Bloléquin, Odienné and Ouangolodougou, Côte d'Ivoire. W. bancrofti circulating filarial antigen (CFA) was identified using filariasis test strips, and antigen-positive individuals were screened for microfilaremia. Moreover, filarial mosquito vectors were sampled us

SUBMITTER: Yokoly FN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7153895 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature