Epidemiological assessment of eight rounds of mass drug administration for lymphatic filariasis in India: implications for monitoring and evaluation.

• Main Authors: Subramanian Swaminathan (Author), Vanamail Perumal (Author), Srividya Adinarayanan (Author), Krishnamoorthy Kaliannagounder (Author), Ravi Rengachari (Author), Jambulingam Purushothaman (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND: Monitoring and evaluation guidelines of the programme to eliminate lymphatic filariasis require impact assessments in at least one sentinel and one spot-check site in each implementation unit (IU). Transmission assessment surveys (TAS) that assess antigenaemia (Ag) in children in IUs tha...