Rapid assessment procedures to detect hidden endemic foci in areas not subjected to mass drug administration in Sri Lanka

Parasitology International

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 87-93

  Yahathugoda, Thishan C ^a   Weerasooriya, Mirani V ^a   Sunahara, Toshihiko ^b   Kimura, Eisaku ^c   Samarawickrema, Wilfred A ^a   Itoh, Makoto ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RUHUNA   (Sri Lanka)

^b NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

GIS; Hidden endemic foci; Hydrocele; Lymphatic filariasis; Rapid assessment; Urine ELISA

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; HYDROCELE; LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICIAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RAPID ASSESSMENT PROCEDURE; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SRI LANKA; URINALYSIS;

GIS; HIDDEN ENDEMIC FOCI; HYDROCELE; LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS; RAPID ASSESSMENT; URINE ELISA;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DATA COLLECTION; ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL; ENDEMIC DISEASES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FILARICIDES; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK; SRI LANKA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84888135741     PISSN: 13835769     EISSN: 18730329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parint.2013.09.008     Document Type: Article

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