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Five Years, Two Mass Triple-Drug Administrations, and Ongoing Transmission: Using Mosquito and Human Indicators to Evaluate the Impact of Lymphatic Filariasis Interventions in Samoa

2025-12-27 epidemiology Title + abstract only
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BackgroundFor lymphatic filariasis (LF) elimination, the World Health Organization recommends multiple rounds of mass drug administration (MDA). While LF antigen (Ag) is routinely used to monitor progress, recent evidence suggests more time-sensitive indicators are needed during the immediate post-MDA period. In Samoa, triple-drug MDA was distributed in 2018 and 2023. This study aimed to evaluate the impact of Samoas second round of triple-drug MDA on human and mosquito-based indicators. Method...

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