Molecular xenomonitoring for Wuchereria bancrofti in Culex quinquefasciatus in two districts in Bangladesh supports transmission assessment survey findings.

• Main Authors: Seth R Irish (Author), Hasan Mohammad Al-Amin (Author), Heather N Paulin (Author), A S M Sultan Mahmood (Author), Rajaul K Khan (Author), A K M Muraduzzaman (Author), Caitlin M Worrell (Author), Meerjady S Flora (Author), Mohammed J Karim (Author), Tahmina Shirin (Author), A K M Shamsuzzaman (Author), Sanya Tahmina (Author), Audrey Lenhart (Author), Christine Dubray (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2018-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND:Careful monitoring for recrudescence of Wuchereria bancrofti infection is necessary in communities where mass drug administration (MDA) for the elimination of lymphatic filariasis (LF) as a public health problem has been stopped. During the post-MDA period, transmission assessment surveys...