Comparing antigenaemia - and microfilaraemia as criteria for stopping decisions in lymphatic filariasis elimination programmes in Africa

Published: 30 September 2022| Version 1 | DOI: 10.48765/nxq0-6562
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Description

Data collected from participants at four separate timepoints in Cote d'Ivoire and Liberia identified by a unique participant ID. There are four timepoints collected from each country: Baseline, Follow-up Year 1, Follow-Up Year 2, and Follow-up Year 3. Each dataset includes the participant ID, gender, age, the microfilarae (MF) count collected through blood smear, and circulating filarial antigen (CFA) result from a strip test.

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Institutions

Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam, University of Surrey, University of Oxford, Washington University in St. Louis, University of Notre Dame, University of Birmingham, Centre Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques en Cote d'Ivoire, University of South Florida

Categories

Medicine, Health Sciences, Parasitic Disease, Disease Modeling

Funding

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

OPPGH5342

Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

016.Veni.178.023

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

OPP1184344

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