| serological responses to filarial antigens in malian children attending elementary schools. | dried blood spots (dbs) were collected from 805 children attending 42 elementary schools in the regions of mopti, sikasso, koulikoro, and the regional capital of bamako in mali as part of an evaluation of a school health intervention. eluted immunoglobulin (ig) g from the dbs was assessed by a multiplex bead assay (mba) for two filariasis antigens, wuchereria bancrofti, wb123, and brugia malayi, bm14, to determine the effectiveness of mass drug administration (mda) programs to eliminate lymphati ... | 2017 | 27799641 |
| the impact of six annual rounds of mass drug administration on wuchereria bancrofti infections in humans and in mosquitoes in mali. | wuchereria bancrofti prevalence and transmission were assessed in six endemic villages in sikasso, mali prior to and yearly during mass drug administration (mda) with albendazole and ivermectin from 2002 to 2007. microfilaremia was determined by calibrated thick smear of night blood in adult volunteers and circulating filarial antigen was measured using immunochromatographic card test in children < 5 years of age. mosquitoes were collected by human landing catch from july to december. none of th ... | 2015 | 26033027 |
| wuchereria bancrofti transmission pattern in southern mali prior to and following the institution of mass drug administration. | the global programme to eliminate lymphatic filariasis (gpelf) was launched in 2000 with the goal of stopping transmission of lymphatic filariasis (lf) through yearly mass drug administration (mda). although preliminary surveys of the human population in mali suggested that wuchereria bancrofti infection was highly endemic in the sikasso district, baseline entomological data were required to confirm high levels of transmission prior to the selection of villages in this region for a study of the ... | 2013 | 23981378 |