Lymphatic filariasis in Papua New Guinea: distribution at district level and impact of mass drug administration, 1980 to 2011

Graves, Patricia M; Makita, Leo; Susapu, Melinda; Brady, Molly A; Melrose, Wayne; Capuano, Corinne; Zhang, Zaixing; Dapeng, Luo; Ozaki, Masayo; Reeve, David; Ichimori, Kazuyo; Kazadi, Walter M; Michna, Frederick; Bockarie, Moses J; Kelly-Hope, Louise A

doi:10.1186/1756-3305-6-7

Table 1 Summary percent positive for LF (microfilariae or antigenemia) by district (all surveys conducted 1980–2011)

From: Lymphatic filariasis in Papua New Guinea: distribution at district level and impact of mass drug administration, 1980 to 2011

REGION	DISTRICT	Pop 2010 est*	No of sites surveyed Mf	% pos Mf	N tested Mf	No of sites surveyed ICT	% pos ICT	N tested ICT	No of sites surveyed Og4C3	% pos Og4C3	N tested Og4C3	Endemic GPELF Criteria	Endemic mod GPELF Criteria	Endemic Alt Criteria
Bougainville autonomous region	Central Bougainville	48145				3	4.3	694	1	0	415	Yes	Low	Low
	North Bougainville	84825	3	20.2	322	1	12.8	218	3	64.7	331	Yes	High	High
	South Bougainville	70310				1	5.0	280				Yes	High	High
Central	Abau	48177				1	0	250				No	No	No
	Goilala	34327				1	0	250				No	No	No
	Kairuku-Hiri	98900				4	0	1062				No	No	No
	Rigo	49555				4	0	768				No	No	No
Chimbu (Simbu)	Chuave	43545				1	0	250				No	No	No
	Gumine	43426				1	0.8	250				Yes	Low	No
	Karimui-Nomane	43859										?	?	?
	Kerowagi	66209				1	2.4	250				Yes	Low	Low
	Kundiawa-Gembogl	70560				1	0	250				No	No	No
	Sina Sina-Yonggomugl	45888				1	0	250				No	No	No
East New Britain	Gazelle	114921				2	12.8	500				Yes	High	High
	Kokopo	74687	2	22.6	115	3	28.8	697	2	62.8	419	Yes	High	High
	Pomio	57558	3	11.1	262	3	25.3	403	3	45.1	366	Yes	High	High
	Rabaul	34624					24.4	250				Yes	High	High
East Sepik	Ambunti-Dreikikir	68864	48	33.8	19235				13	68.0	3488	Yes	High	High
	Angoram	85521	1	1.1	90							Yes	Low	Low
	Maprik	71859	1	1.0	200							Yes	Low	Low
	Wewak	79515				3	25.7	1086				Yes	High	High
	Wosera Gawi	61419				1	1.0	200				Yes	Low	Low
	Yangoro Saussia	59432				1	4.1	121				Yes	Low	Low
Eastern Highlands	Daulo	38487				1	0	250				No	No	No
	Goroka	89342				1	0	250				No	No	No
	Henganofi	69326				1	0	250				No	No	No
	Kainantu	114081				1	0	250				No	No	No
	Lufa	57019				1	0	250				No	No	No
	Obura-Wonenara	36905				2	0	750				No	No	No
	Okapa	77124				1	0	250				No	No	No
	Unggai-Benna	55947				2	0	750				No	No	No
Enga	Kandep	63086										?	?	?
	Kompiam	59003				1	0	186				No	No	No
	Lagaip-Porgera	121117				1	0	113				No	No	No
	Wabag	78192				1	0.98	205				Yes	Low	No
	Wapen-amanda	71267										?	?	?
Gulf	Kerema	84665	2	19.3	688	2	30.2	716	1	64.9	222	Yes	High	High
Gulf	Kikori	53515				1	2.8	250				Yes	Low	Low
Madang	Bogia	74537				1	1.0	100				Yes	Low	Low
	Madang	113159	1	32.3	96							Yes	High	High
	Middle Ramu	75548	1	41.5	106	1	13.0	92	3	35.5	262	Yes	High	High
	Rai Coast	73486				1	10.3	68				Yes	High	High
	Sumkar	87522	4	23.9	2032				3	49.5	1690	Yes	High	High
	Usino-Bundi	52314	4	7.8	2510	4	31.2	2488				Yes	High	High
Manus	Manus	56083				1	0	250				No	No	No
Milne Bay	Alotau	95551	8	21.1	479	6	32.6	988	5	57.5	1101	Yes	High	High
	Esa’ala	54588				3	55.4	1250				Yes	High	High
	Kiriwina-Goodenough	63961				3	20.0	1076				Yes	High	High
	Samarai-Murua	55246	4	40.0	400	6	7.4	2187	7	24.0	1199	Yes	High	High
Morobe	Bulolo	101795				1	30.2	149				Yes	High	High
	Finschafen	59690				1	30.0	250				Yes	High	High
	Huon	78454				1	29.7	128				Yes	High	High
	Kabwum	55204				1	30.4	115				Yes	High	High
	Lae	157082				1	30.1	226				Yes	High	High
	Markham	65071				1	13.2	250				Yes	High	High
	Menyamya	90347				1	6.0	100				Yes	High	High
	Nawae	46183				1	28.0	250				Yes	High	High
	Tewae-Siassi	57107	1	2.7	150							Yes	Low	Low
National Capital District	Moresby North East	120664**				2	6.2	341				Yes	High	High
	Moresby North West	120664										?	?	?
	Moresby South	120666				6	1.4	1019				Yes	Low	Low
New Ireland	Kavieng	71099	4	15.5	380	2	12.5	767	4	55.5	418	Yes	High	High
New Ireland	Namanatai	86416	16	20.0	2029	6	9.8	11884	6	44.9	1307	Yes	High	High
Northern (Oro)	Ijivitari	88727	1	0	402	2	2.0	702	1	3.1	416	Yes	Low	No
Northern (Oro)	Sohe	84961	1	0	462	2	0.9	750	1	1.0	484	Yes	Low	No
Southern Highlands	Ialibu-Pangia	76654				1	0	250				No	No	No
	Imbonggu	90667				1	1.9	213				Yes	Low	Low
	Kagua-Erave	82261										?	?	?
	Komo-Margarima	96818										?	?	?
	Koroba-Kopiago	104986										?	?	?
	Mendi-Munihu	145483				1	0.8	250				Yes	Low	No
	Nipa-Kutubu	148640	7	39.8	771				1	51.9	181	Yes	High	High
	Tari-Pori	78783										?	?	?
West New Britain	Kandrian-Gloucester	79356	3	2.5	355	4	19.5	523	4	55.4	417	Yes	High	Low
West New Britain	Talasea	183437	2	2.9	377	1	6.1	412	2	22.9	455	Yes	High	Low
West Sepik (Sandaun)	Aitape-Lumi	67670										?	Low	?
	Nuku	58339				1	3.7	136				Yes	Low	Low
	Telefomin	45112				1	10.9	193				Yes	High	High
	Vanimo-Green River	64335				1	22.0	250				Yes	High	High
Western (Fly)	Middle Fly	77277	3	41.4	1138	2	69.4	674	15	53.0	2374	Yes	High	High
	North Fly	70443	35	25.8	4826				1	57.0	676	Yes	High	High
	South Fly	64388				2	0.4	500				Yes	Low	No
Western Highlands	Anglimp-South Wahgi	123618				1	0.4	250				Yes	Low	No
	Dei	63706				1	2.4	250				Yes	Low	Low
	Jimi	47856				1	0	234				No	No	No
	Mount Hagen	111305				2	0.9	450				Yes	Low	No
	Mul-Baiyer	72563				1	0.8	250				Yes	Low	No
	North Wahgi	66363				1	0.8	250				Yes	Low	No
	Tambul-Nebilyer	77859				1	0.8	250				Yes	Low	No
Grand Total		6829240	167	27.5	37425	148	12.9	43264	79	48.8	16221
Crude average of sites				18.5			10.1			45.4

* obtained from source[31] with adjustment of 2000 census district figures by province- specific growth rates 1980–2000.
** population of National Capital District equally divided between three districts.

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