First evidence of spatial clustering of lymphatic filariasis in an Aedes polynesiensis endemic area

Acta Tropica

Volumn 120, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages

  Joseph, Hayley ^a   Moloney, James ^a   Maiava, Fuatai ^b   McClintock, Shannon ^c   Lammie, Patrick ^c   Melrose, Wayne ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Filariasis CELISA; Samoa; SaTScan ; Serology; Spatial clustering; Wuchereria

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATING FILIARIAL ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; PARASITE ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBODY; CHILD HEALTH; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FILARIASIS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

AEDES; AEDES POLYNESIENSIS; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INSECT BITE; LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROFILARIA; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; SAMOA; SCHOOL CHILD; SPECIES ENDEMICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AEDES; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; MALE; MICROFILARIA; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SAMOA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI; YOUNG ADULT;

SAMOA;

AEDES POLYNESIENSIS; WUCHERERIA;

EID: 80054025441     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: 18736254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2010.12.004     Document Type: Article

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