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Table 5 Questionnaire-based assessment of microfilaria positive individuals in the three rural study communities in Tanga District

From: Lymphatic filariasis control in Tanga Region, Tanzania: status after eight rounds of mass drug administration

 

No. responses (%)

How long time have you lived in this village (n =29)?

 

1-5 years

3 (10.3)

> 5 years

25 (86.2)

No answer

1 (3.4)

Have you heard about the MDA programme (n =29)?

 

Yes

26 (89.7)

No

3 (10.3)

Did you take the MDA tablets in February 2013 (n =29)?

 

Yes

4 (13.8)

No

23 (79.3)

Don’t know

2 (6.9)

Why did you not take the tablets (n =23)?

 

Was absent

13 (56.5)

Tablets not distributed

5 (21.7)

Not informed

3 (13.0)

Not like the tablets

1 (4.3)

Fear of side effects

1 (4.3)

Did you take the tablets during previous MDAs (n =29)?

 

No

9 (31.0)

Yes, once

6 (20.7)

Yes, twice

8 (27.6)

Yes, more than twice

5 (17.2)

Don’t know

1 (3.4)

Why not (n =9)?

 

Was absent

7 (77.8)

Tablets not distributed

1 (11.1)

Fear of side effects

1 (11.1)

Will you take the tablets during next MDA (n =29)?

 

Yes

29 (100.0)

Why will you take the tablets during next MDA (n =29)?

 

To protect me from getting LF

22 (75.9)

To prevent spread of LF in the village

5 (17.2)

Instructed by village leaders

1 (3.4)

Because many people take them

1 (3.4)

  1. 29 of the 31 individuals found mf positive during survey 9 (September 2013) in Kirare, Kiomoni and Kisimatui were interviewed (7 females, 22 males; mean age 39.4 years; age range 8–73 years).