2024
How Does the Proportion of Never Treatment Influence the Success of Mass Drug Administration Programs for the Elimination of Lymphatic Filariasis?
Kura K, Stolk W, Basáñez M, Collyer B, de Vlas S, Diggle P, Gass K, Graham M, Hollingsworth T, King J, Krentel A, Anderson R, Coffeng L. How Does the Proportion of Never Treatment Influence the Success of Mass Drug Administration Programs for the Elimination of Lymphatic Filariasis? Clinical Infectious Diseases 2024, 78: s93-s100. PMID: 38662701, PMCID: PMC11045024, DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciae021.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMass drug administrationElimination of lymphatic filariasisEfficacious treatment regimensLymphatic filariasisLevels of NTMass drug administration programmesYears of annual treatmentTreatment regimensDrug combinationsTransmission settingsMass drug administration programsDrug AdministrationTreatment coveragePrevalenceTransmission areasMDA coverageBaselineProportion of peopleTreatmentPrevalence thresholdImpact of NTAlbendazoleDiethylcarbamazineHighest infection prevalenceHighest proportion
2023
Using a model-based geostatistical approach to design and analyse the prevalence of schistosomiasis in Kenya
Okoyo C, Minnery M, Orowe I, Owaga C, Wambugu C, Olick N, Hagemann J, Omondi W, Gichuki P, McCracken K, Montresor A, Fronterre C, Diggle P, Mwandawiro C. Using a model-based geostatistical approach to design and analyse the prevalence of schistosomiasis in Kenya. Frontiers In Tropical Diseases 2023, 4: 1240617. DOI: 10.3389/fitd.2023.1240617.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTreatment strategy changesSchool-based deworming programmePublic health problemPrevalence of schistosomiasisWorld Health Organization guidelinesCross-sectional surveyHealth Organization guidelinesPredictive probabilitySCH prevalenceDeworming programsSchistosoma haematobiumHealth problemsSchistosoma mansoniOrganization guidelinesStudy designCounties of KenyaPrevalenceSchistosomiasisHighest predictive probabilityParasitic wormsTreatment requirementsTreatmentGuidelinesMorbidityHaematobium