Title |
A practical strategy for responding to a case of lymphatic filariasis post-elimination in Pacific Islands
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Published in |
Parasites & Vectors, July 2013
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DOI | 10.1186/1756-3305-6-218 |
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Authors |
Humpress Harrington, James Asugeni, Christopher Jimuru, John Gwalaa, Elmer Ribeyro, Richard Bradbury, Hayley Joseph, Wayne Melrose, David MacLaren, Rick Speare |
Abstract |
Lymphatic filariasis (LF) due to Wuchereria bancrofti is being eliminated from Oceania under the Pacific Elimination of Lymphatic Filariasis Programme. LF was endemic in Solomon Islands but in the 2010-2020 Strategic Plan of the Global Programme to Eliminate LF, Solomon Islands was listed as non-endemic for LF. In countries now declared free of LF an important question is what monitoring strategy should be used to detect any residual foci of LF?This paper describes how a new case of elephantiasis in a post-elimination setting may be used as a trigger to initiate a local survey for LF. |
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