Systematic sampling of adults as a sensitive means of detecting persistence of lymphatic filariasis following mass drug administration in Sri Lanka.

• Main Authors: Ramakrishna U Rao (Author), Sandhya D Samarasekera (Author), Kumara C Nagodavithana (Author), Manjula W Punchihewa (Author), Udaya S B Ranasinghe (Author), Gary J Weil (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2019-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<h4>Background</h4>Sri Lanka's Anti-Filariasis Campaign conducted 5 annual rounds of mass drug administration (MDA) with diethylcarbamazine (DEC) plus albendazole to eliminate lymphatic filariasis (LF) in all endemic districts between 2002 and 2006. Post-MDA surveillance has consist...