Evaluation of human and mosquito based diagnostic tools for defining endpoints for elimination of Anopheles transmitted lymphatic filariasis in Ghana

Conclusions
Very low antigen prevalence in primary school children indicates that MDA is working, so children born since the intervention was put in place are not getting infected. Inclusion of xenomonitoring in monitoring the effectiveness of MDA will give a better indication as to when transmission has been interrupted especially in areas where microfilaria prevalence is lower than 1%.

Source: Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene - September 18, 2015 Category: Tropical Medicine Authors: Owusu, I. O., de Souza, D. K., Anto, F., Wilson, M. D., Boakye, D. A., Bockarie, M. J., Gyapong, J. O. Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLES Source Type: research