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Evidence for the interruption of transmission of lymphatic filariasis among schoolchildren in Trinidad and Tobago.

Caribbean Epidemiology Centre (CAREC), P.O. Box 164, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (impact factor: 2.16). 09/2004; 98(8):473-7. DOI:10.1016/j.trstmh.2003.11.006 pp.473-7
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ABSTRACT This study was carried out to provide some evidence for the interruption of transmission of lymphatic filariasis (LF) among schoolchildren in Trinidad and Tobago. A cross-sectional survey for LF antigenaemia was performed among 63 (13.2%) of the 479 primary schools located in eight administrative (and geographical) regions of Trinidad and Tobago. From these communities, 2597 schoolchildren aged 6-12 years were sequentially selected for a survey of bancroftian antigenaemia. From each child, 100 microl (finger-prick) whole blood sample was applied to a Binax immunochromatographic card test (ICT), and read for the presence of antigenaemia. The ICT results showed a negative finding for LF antigenaemia and suggest that LF transmission has been interrupted in the survey areas.

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Keywords

479 primary schools
 
antigenaemia
 
bancroftian antigenaemia
 
Binax immunochromatographic card test
 
cross-sectional survey
 
finger-prick
 
ICT results
 
LF antigenaemia
 
lymphatic filariasis
 
survey areas
 
Tobago