Risk factors associated with failing pre-transmission assessment surveys (pre-TAS) in lymphatic filariasis elimination programs: Results of a multi-country analysis.

• Main Authors: Clara R Burgert-Brucker (Author), Kathryn L Zoerhoff (Author), Maureen Headland (Author), Erica A Shoemaker (Author), Rachel Stelmach (Author), Mohammad Jahirul Karim (Author), Wilfrid Batcho (Author), Clarisse Bougouma (Author), Roland Bougma (Author), Biholong Benjamin Didier (Author), Nko'Ayissi Georges (Author), Benjamin Marfo (Author), Jean Frantz Lemoine (Author), Helena Ullyartha Pangaribuan (Author), Eksi Wijayanti (Author), Yaya Ibrahim Coulibaly (Author), Salif Seriba Doumbia (Author), Pradip Rimal (Author), Adamou Bacthiri Salissou (Author), Yukaba Bah (Author), Upendo Mwingira (Author), Andreas Nshala (Author), Edridah Muheki (Author), Joseph Shott (Author), Violetta Yevstigneyeva (Author), Egide Ndayishimye (Author), Margaret Baker (Author), John Kraemer (Author), Molly Brady (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2020-06-01T00:00:00Z.
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Achieving elimination of lymphatic filariasis (LF) as a public health problem requires a minimum of five effective rounds of mass drug administration (MDA) and demonstrating low prevalence in subsequent assessments. The first assessments recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) are sentine...