Lymphatic filariasis endgame strategies: Using GEOFIL to model mass drug administration and targeted surveillance and treatment strategies in American Samoa

Modelling lymphatic filariasis elimination in American Samoa: GEOFIL predicts need for new targets and six rounds of mass drug administration

(2022) Angus McLure et al.   Epidemics

Demographic, socioeconomic and disease knowledge factors, but not population mobility, associated with lymphatic filariasis infection in adult workers in American Samoa in 2014

(2020) Patricia M. Graves et al.   Parasites & Vectors

Notes from the Field: Impact of a Mass Drug Administration Campaign Using a Novel Three-Drug Regimen on Lymphatic Filariasis Antigenemia — American Samoa, 2019

(2020) Marisa A. Hast et al.   MMWR-MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY WEEKLY REPORT

Defining a prevalence level to describe the elimination of Lymphatic Filariasis (LF) transmission and designing monitoring & evaluating (M&E) programmes post the cessation of mass drug administration (MDA)

(2020) Benjamin S. Collyer et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

The global distribution of lymphatic filariasis, 2000–18: a geospatial analysis

(2020) Elizabeth A Cromwell et al.   Lancet Global Health

Progress in the elimination of lymphatic filariasis in the Western Pacific Region: successes and challenges

(2020) Aya Yajima et al.   International Health

Keeping communities at the centre of efforts to eliminate lymphatic filariasis: learning from the past to reach a future free of lymphatic filariasis

(2020) Alison Krentel et al.   International Health

A triple-drug treatment regimen to accelerate elimination of lymphatic filariasis: From conception to delivery

(2020) Gary J Weil et al.   International Health

A community survey of coverage and adverse events following country-wide triple-drug mass drug administration for lymphatic filariasis elimination, Samoa 2018

(2020) Gabriela A. Willis et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Potential strategies for strengthening surveillance of lymphatic filariasis in American Samoa after mass drug administration: Reducing ‘number needed to test’ by targeting older age groups, hotspots, and household members of infected persons

(2020) Colleen L. Lau et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

How community engagement strategies shape participation in mass drug administration programmes for lymphatic filariasis: The case of Luangwa District, Zambia

(2019) Adam Silumbwe et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Elimination or Resurgence: Modelling Lymphatic Filariasis After Reaching the 1% Microfilaremia Prevalence Threshold

(2019) Joaquin M Prada et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Are Alternative Strategies Required to Accelerate the Global Elimination of Lymphatic Filariasis? Insights From Mathematical Models

(2018) Wilma A Stolk et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Understanding heterogeneities in mosquito-bite exposure and infection distributions for the elimination of lymphatic filariasis

(2018) Michael A. Irvine et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Identifying residual transmission of lymphatic filariasis after mass drug administration: Comparing school-based versus community-based surveillance - American Samoa, 2016

(2018) Meru Sheel et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Comparison of antigen and antibody responses in repeat lymphatic filariasis transmission assessment surveys in American Samoa

(2018) Kimberly Y. Won et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

GEOFIL: A spatially-explicit agent-based modelling framework for predicting the long-term transmission dynamics of lymphatic filariasis in American Samoa

(2018) Zhijing Xu et al.   Epidemics

Effectiveness of a triple-drug regimen for global elimination of lymphatic filariasis: a modelling study

(2017) Michael A Irvine et al.   LANCET INFECTIOUS DISEASES

The importance of patient compliance in repeated rounds of mass drug administration (MDA) for the elimination of intestinal helminth transmission

(2017) Sam H. Farrell et al.   Parasites & Vectors

Measuring and modelling the effects of systematic non-adherence to mass drug administration

(2017) Louise Dyson et al.   Epidemics

How much will it cost to eradicate lymphatic filariasis? An analysis of the financial and economic costs of intensified efforts against lymphatic filariasis

(2017) Randee J. Kastner et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Reassessment of areas with persistent Lymphatic Filariasis nine years after cessation of mass drug administration in Sri Lanka

(2017) Ramakrishna U. Rao et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Detecting and confirming residual hotspots of lymphatic filariasis transmission in American Samoa 8 years after stopping mass drug administration

(2017) Colleen L. Lau et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Detecting infection hotspots: Modeling the surveillance challenge for elimination of lymphatic filariasis

(2017) Julie R. Harris et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Mathematical modelling of lymphatic filariasis elimination programmes in India: required duration of mass drug administration and post-treatment level of infection indicators

(2016) Purushothaman Jambulingam et al.   Parasites & Vectors

The Role of Nurses and Community Health Workers in Confronting Neglected Tropical Diseases in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review

(2016) Andrew G. Corley et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Lymphatic Filariasis Elimination in American Samoa: Evaluation of Molecular Xenomonitoring as a Surveillance Tool in the Endgame

(2016) Colleen L. Lau et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Modelling strategies to break transmission of lymphatic filariasis - aggregation, adherence and vector competence greatly alter elimination

(2015) M. A. Irvine et al.   Parasites & Vectors

The impact of residual infections on Anopheles-transmitted Wuchereria bancrofti after multiple rounds of mass drug administration

(2015) Dziedzom K. de Souza et al.   Parasites & Vectors

Coverage of, and compliance with, mass drug administration under the programme to eliminate lymphatic filariasis in India: a systematic review

(2014) Bontha V. Babu et al.   TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE

Seroprevalence and Spatial Epidemiology of Lymphatic Filariasis in American Samoa after Successful Mass Drug Administration

(2014) Colleen L. Lau et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Progress and Impact of 13 Years of the Global Programme to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis on Reducing the Burden of Filarial Disease

(2014) K. D. Ramaiah et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

A practical strategy for responding to a case of lymphatic filariasis post-elimination in Pacific Islands

(2013) Humpress Harrington et al.   Parasites & Vectors

Epidemiological Assessment of Eight Rounds of Mass Drug Administration for Lymphatic Filariasis in India: Implications for Monitoring and Evaluation

(2012) Subramanian Swaminathan et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Improving community participation to eliminate lymphatic filariasis in American Samoa

(2010) Jonathan D. King et al.   ACTA TROPICA

First evidence of spatial clustering of lymphatic filariasis in an Aedes polynesiensis endemic area

(2010) Hayley Joseph et al.   ACTA TROPICA

Geographic and ecologic heterogeneity in elimination thresholds for the major vector-borne helminthic disease, lymphatic filariasis

(2010) Manoj Gambhir et al.   BMC BIOLOGY

Lymphatic filariasis and onchocerciasis

(2010) Mark J Taylor et al.   LANCET

Lessons from the Pacific programme to eliminate lymphatic filariasis: a case study of 5 countries

(2009) Clare Huppatz et al.   BMC INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Role of Vector Control in the Global Program to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis

(2008) Moses J. Bockarie et al.   Annual Review of Entomology

Complex Ecological Dynamics and Eradicability of the Vector Borne Macroparasitic Disease, Lymphatic Filariasis

(2008) Manoj Gambhir et al.   PLoS One