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Impact of Migration and Spatial Patterns on Filariasis Infections in Dreikikir District, East Sepik Province of Papua New Guinea

Bun, Krufinta
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1307557929

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2011, Master of Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Epidemiology and Biostatistics.
The current program to eliminate lymphatic filariasis (LF) is based on the expectation that 4 to 6 rounds of annual mass drug administration (MDA) with population coverage at least 80% will result in unsustainable transmission leading to regional elimination. However, transmission has not been halted in some regions after putatively achieving these outcomes, possibly due to population movement/migration and spatial heterogeneities in infection and transmission. This study analyzes four years of weekly demographic surveillance records and annual infection surveys from a field trial of annual MDA in four communities of Papua New Guinea. Houses were geolocated in reference to transmission sites. Individual infection status and population MDA effectiveness was analyzed with regard to migration and clustering of infection. Results from this study may be useful to better design MDA distribution and monitoring strategies for LF elimination programs.
Daniel Tisch, PhD (Committee Chair)
Charles King, MD (Committee Member)
Peter Zimmerman, PhD (Committee Member)
139 p.
Epidemiology

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  • Bun, K. (2011). Impact of Migration and Spatial Patterns on Filariasis Infections in Dreikikir District, East Sepik Province of Papua New Guinea [Master's thesis, Case Western Reserve University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1307557929

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Bun, Krufinta. Impact of Migration and Spatial Patterns on Filariasis Infections in Dreikikir District, East Sepik Province of Papua New Guinea. 2011. Case Western Reserve University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1307557929.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Bun, Krufinta. "Impact of Migration and Spatial Patterns on Filariasis Infections in Dreikikir District, East Sepik Province of Papua New Guinea." Master's thesis, Case Western Reserve University, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1307557929

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