Application of a household-based molecular xenomonitoring strategy to evaluate the lymphatic filariasis elimination program in Tamil Nadu, India.

• Main Authors: Swaminathan Subramanian (Author), Purushothaman Jambulingam (Author), Brian K Chu (Author), Candasamy Sadanandane (Author), Venkatesan Vasuki (Author), Adinarayanan Srividya (Author), Mohamed S Mohideen AbdulKader (Author), Kaliannagounder Krishnamoorthy (Author), Harikishan K Raju (Author), Sandra J Laney (Author), Steven A Williams (Author), Ralph H Henderson (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2017-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND:The monitoring and evaluation of lymphatic filariasis (LF) has largely relied on the detection of antigenemia and antibodies in human populations. Molecular xenomonitoring (MX), the detection of parasite DNA/RNA in mosquitoes, may be an effective complementary method, particularly for det...