ArticleParasite epidemiology and control2017
Significant decline in lymphatic filariasis associated with nationwide scale-up of insecticide-treated nets in Zambia.
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- Economic evaluations of lymphatic filariasis interventions: a systematic review and research needs.Parasites & vectors · 2018Pooled it
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- Shrinking the lymphatic filariasis map of Zimbabwe: Reassessing the population requiring treatment through confirmatory mapping.International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases · 2025Article
- Zambia: A Narrative Review of Success and Challenges in Lymphatic Filariasis Elimination.Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2024Review
- Prevalence of elephantiasis, an overlooked disease in Southern Africa: a comprehensive review.The journal of venomous animals and toxins including tropical diseases · 2024Review
- Lymphatic Filariasis Elimination Status:Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2023Article
- Morbidity hotspot surveillance: A novel approach to detect lymphatic filariasis transmission in non-endemic areas of the Tillabéry region of Niger.Parasite epidemiology and control · 2023Article
- Efficacy of Pyrethroid-Pyriproxyfen and Pyrethroid-Chlorfenapyr Long-Lasting Insecticidal Nets (LLINs) for the Control of Non-Insects · 2023Article
- Prevalence and factors associated with transmission of lymphatic filariasis in South Sudan: a cross-sectional quantitative study.The Pan African medical journal · 2022Article
- African regional progress and status of the programme to eliminate lymphatic filariasis: 2000-2020.International health · 2020Review
- Digitalized mass distribution campaign of insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) in the particular context of Covid-19 pandemic in Benin: challenges and lessons learned.Malaria journal · 2020Article
- The global distribution of lymphatic filariasis, 2000-18: a geospatial analysis.The Lancet. Global health · 2020Article
- The importance of vector control for the control and elimination of vector-borne diseases.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2020Review
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- Increasing evidence of low lymphatic filariasis prevalence in high risk Loa loa areas in Central and West Africa: a literature review.Parasites & vectors · 2018Review
- Progress on elimination of lymphatic filariasis in Sierra Leone.Parasites & vectors · 2018Article
- Insecticide-treated nets mass distribution campaign: benefits and lessons in Zambia.Malaria journal · 2018Review
- Integrated risk mapping and landscape characterisation of lymphatic filariasis and loiasis in South West Nigeria.Parasite epidemiology and control · 2018Article
- Predisposing Factors to Lymphatic Filariasis among Residents in Igbo-Eze North: An Endemic Area in Nigeria.Iranian journal of parasitologyArticle
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Abstract
Lymphatic filariasis (LF) is a mosquito-borne disease, broadly endemic in Zambia, and is targeted for elimination by mass drug administration (MDA) of albendazole and diethylcarbamazine citrate (DEC) to at-risk populations. Anopheline mosquitoes are primary vectors of LF in Africa, and it is possible that the significant scale-up of malaria vector control over the past decade may have also impacted LF transmission, and contributed to a decrease in prevalence in Zambia. We therefore aimed to examine the putative association between decreasing LF prevalence and increasing coverage of insecticide-treated mosquito nets (ITNs) for malaria vector control, by comparing LF mapping data collected between 2003-2005 and 2009-2011 to LF sentinel site prevalence data collected between 2012 and 2014, before any anti-LF MDA was started. The coverage of ITNs for malaria was quantified and compared for each site in relation to the dynamics of LF. We found a significant decrease in LF prevalence from the years 2003-2005 (11.5% CI
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