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 4 Summary of pre and post MDA survey results

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

Province	District	Locality	Test	MDA drug	Frequency (if > =1 MDA)	Pre-MDA			Post 1 MDA			Post 2 MDA			Post 3 MDA			Post 4 MDA			Post > =5 MDA			Reference
						Yr	No pers	% pos	Yr	No pers	% pos	Yr	No pers	% pos	Yr	No pers	% pos	Yr	No pers	% pos	Yr	No pers	% pos
E Sepik	Ambunti-Dreikikir	4 mod trans villages	Mf	DEC + IVM	Annual	1994	797	47.2	1995	756	20.6	1996	790	5.7	1997	819	1.0	1998	750	0.9				[4]
E Sepik	Ambunti-Dreikikir	3 high trans villages	Mf	DEC + IVM	Annual	1994	281	76.9	1995	318	31.8	1996	311	23.8	1997	303	10.9	1998	266	5.3				[4]
E Sepik	Ambunti-Dreikikir	4 mod trans villages	Mf	DEC	Annual	1994	903	42.2	1995	815	29.2	1996	802	15.1	1997	692	6.8	1998	639	1.6				[4]
E Sepik	Ambunti-Dreikikir	3 high trans villages	Mf	DEC	Annual	1994	243	76.1	1995	192	51.0	1996	253	42.3	1997	257	21.8	1998	165	10.9				[4]
E Sepik	Ambunti-Dreikikir	7 villages	Og4C3	DEC	Annual	1994	177	83.6										1998	100	78	2003	531	16.9	[7]
Madang	Sumkar	Bagabag Is	Mf	DEC or ALB + DEC		1998	1026	28.5	2001	729	16.1													[43][37]
Madang	Usino-Bundi	4 villages	Mf	ALB + DEC	Annual	2003	571	18.6	2004	696	8.3	2005	714	3.4	2006	529	1.3							[39]
Madang	Usino-Bundi	4 villages	ICT	ALB + DEC	Annual	2003	558	47.5	2004	692	35.1	2005	695	25.2	2006	543	17.1							[39]
Milne Bay	Alotau	Buhutu valley	Og4C3	DEC	Salt (for 6 months)	1995	434	55	1996	100	36.3													[44, 45]
Milne Bay	Alotau	Dogura	Og4C3	DEC		1995	255	71	1996	100	66													[44, 45]
Milne Bay	Samarai-Murua	Basalaki Is	Og4C3	ALB + DEC	Annual	1998	100	74										2003	100	35				[46]
Milne Bay	Samarai-Murua	Misima Is	Mf	DEC + IVM	Annual	1996	100	63.1	1997	100	2.8													[46]
Milne Bay	Samarai-Murua	Misima Is	Og4C3	ALB + DEC	Annual	1997	144	53										2003	484	0.2				[46]
New Ireland	Namanatai	Lihir Is / E Coast	ICT	ALB + DEC								2003	3009	7.7				2008	3799	0.8				[40]
New Ireland	Namanatai	Lihir Is / W Coast	ICT	ALB + DEC								2003	1969	30.7				2008	2464	7.5				[40]
S Highlands	Nipa-Kutubu	Mt Bosavi: Fogomaiyu	Mf	DEC	Weekly (for 6 mths) + ITN	1987	79	92													1987	100	6	[3]
Western	Middle Fly	Lake Murray: Usukof	Og4C3	ALB or ALB + DEC	Bi-annual	1999	62	14.5	1999	168	6	2000	168	4.2										[47]
Western	Middle Fly	Lake Murray: Giakoret	Og4C3	ALB + DEC		1999	67	77.6	2000	25	28													[47]
Western	Middle Fly	Nomad	Og4C3	ALB + DEC		1999	262	83.2	2000	146	80.1													[47]
Western	North Fly	Star Mtns A + B villages	Mf	DEC	Bi-annual (for 2 yrs) then annual (for 2 yrs)	1986	286	34.4										1988	302	12	1990	503	6.4	[48]
Western	North Fly	Star Mtns B villages	Mf	DEC	Annual	1988	312	45.14				1990	372	26.14										[48]
Western	North Fly	Rumginae area	Mf	DEC	Annual	1991	1034	32	1992	208	13				1993	248	7							[49]

Mf: microfilariae; DEC: diethylcarbamazine; IVM: ivermectin; ALB: albendazole.

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