Low Microfilaremia Levels in Three Districts in Coastal Ghana with at Least 16 Years of Mass Drug Administration and Persistent Transmission of Lymphatic Filariasis

• Published in: Tropical medicine and infectious disease Vol. 3; no. 4; p. 105
• Main Authors: de Souza, Dziedzom K, Otchere, Joseph, Ahorlu, Collins S, Adu-Amankwah, Susan, Larbi, Irene A, Dumashie, Edward, McCarthy, Frances A, King, Sandra A, Otoo, Samson, Osabutey, Dickson, Osei, Joseph H N, Sedzro, Kojo M, Asiedu, Odame, Dadzie, Samuel K, Ayi, Irene, Marfo, Benjamin, Biritwum, Nana-Kwadwo, Boakye, Daniel A
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 26.09.2018; MDPI
• Subjects: Antigens; Community; Consent; control; Drug dosages; elephantiasis; Ghana; Hypotheses; lymphatic filariasis; Mosquitoes; Public health; Sample size; transmission; Tropical diseases; Wuchereria bancrofti; Ghana; lymphatic filariasis; Ghana; Wuchereria bancrofti; control; transmission; elephantiasis

Ghana has been implementing mass drug administration (MDA) of ivermectin and albendazole for the elimination of lymphatic filariasis (LF) since the year 2000, as part of the Global Programme to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis (GPELF). It was estimated that 5⁻6 years of treatment would be sufficient t...