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Table 1 Sampling according to different activities per year

From: Dynamics of antigenemia and transmission intensity of Wuchereria bancrofti following cessation of mass drug administration in a formerly highly endemic region of Mali

 

Study human sample

Mosquito collection

Year

Total population

6–7 years old

≥ 8 years

Number collected

Technique used

Number of collection rounds

2009

4,431

289

800

4,448

HLC

72

2011a

4,761

301

795

2,962

HLC

72

2012

5,044

285

1,812

7,168/1,907

HLC/PSC

72/36b

2013c

5,225

309

50

nd

nd

nd

  1. Abbreviation: nd not done
  2. aIn 2011, a random sample of 92 subjects from the 6 villages was tested with Wb123 ELISA
  3. bIn 2012, the six villages were visited once a month from July to December (collection in 30 rooms per visit per village)
  4. cIn 2013 the 50 subjects ≥ 8 years tested were the ones found positive using ICT in 2012