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SUBMITTER: Eigege A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3814337 | biostudies-literature | 2013
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Eigege Abel A Kal Alphonsus A Miri Emmanuel E Sallau Adamu A Umaru John J Mafuyai Hayward H Chuwang Yohanna S YS Danjuma Goshit G Danboyi Jacob J Adelamo Solomon E SE Mancha Bulus S BS Okoeguale Bridget B Patterson Amy E AE Rakers Lindsay L Richards Frank O FO
PLoS neglected tropical diseases 20131031 10
In central Nigeria Anopheles mosquitoes transmit malaria and lymphatic filariasis (LF). The strategy used for interrupting LF transmission in this area is annual mass drug administration (MDA) with albendazole and ivermectin, but after 8 years of MDA, entomological evaluations in sentinel villages showed continued low-grade mosquito infection rates of 0.32%. After long-lasting insecticidal net (LLIN) distribution by the national malaria program in late 2010, however, we were no longer able to de ...[more]