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Eradication of lymphatic filariasis

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As of 2016 various countries in South East Asia were at different phases in their national elimination programs. Bangladesh, Thailand, Maldives, and Sri Lanka all ended their mass drug administration programs due to success in elimination. India, Indonesia, East Timor, Nepal, and Myanmar are actively
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In the 1970s there was an eradication experiment in French Polynesia. Samoa and Fiji did experiments in the early 1990s. These practical experiments in eradication became models for LF eradication for the rest of the world to use.
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China participated in the program and became LF free in 2007. Prior to that, the disease had been in China since ancient times. In the 1980s China had 30 million people with the disease.
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Erickson, Sara M.; Thomsen, Edward K.; Keven, John B.; Vincent, Naomi; Koimbu, Gussy; Siba, Peter M.; Christensen, Bruce M.; Reimer, Lisa J.; Valenzuela, Jesus G. (12 September 2013).
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Thailand took a baseline survey of LF in 2001. From 2002 to 2011 the country did MDA. In September 2017, the World Health Organization declared Thailand to be free of LF.
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The creation of maps and planning of local monitoring systems has been an essential part of all regional eradication plans.
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Tonga did MDA from 2001 to 2006. The World Health Organization declared the country free of LF in 2017.
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A 2018 update for Madagascar reported that many people still tested positive for parasite.
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The disease spreads when a mosquito transfers a worm parasite through
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Lymphatic Filariasis: A handbook for national elimination programs
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and also treat the people who already have the infection.
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Index

eradicate
Filarioidea
lymphatic filariasis
Global Programme to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis
World Health Organization
mosquito bite
mass drug administration


"Global elimination of lymphatic filariasis: origins, progress and challenges"
doi
10.4103/0970-1591.19544



"Mosquito-Parasite Interactions Can Shape Filariasis Transmission Dynamics and Impact Elimination Programs"
doi
10.1371/journal.pntd.0002433
PMC
3772046
PMID
24069488
"Mapping and monitoring for a lymphatic filariasis elimination program: a systematic review"
doi
10.2147/RRTM.S134186
PMC
6554002
PMID
31239804

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