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. 2021 Apr 4;1(2):mtsibulletin.n1.2021.83.
doi: 10.48327/mtsibulletin.n1.2021.83. eCollection 2021 Jun 30.

[Lymphatic Filariasis Transmission Assessment Survey in Burkina Faso in Connection with 4 Districts]

[Article in French]
A Kima  1 , K T Guiguemde  2 , M Serme  1 , Z C Meda  3 , R Bougma  1 , J P Djiatsa  4 , C Bougouma  1 , F Drabo  1
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[Lymphatic Filariasis Transmission Assessment Survey in Burkina Faso in Connection with 4 Districts]

[Article in French]
A Kima et al. Med Trop Sante Int. .

Abstract
in English, French

Objective: In this impact survey on the preventive chemotherapy against lymphatic filariasis, the national neglected tropical diseases programme team conducted a Transmission Assessment Survey in the health districts of Leo, Sapouy, Boromo and Dedougou. The purpose of this study was to assess lymphatic filariasis transmission in these four districts (included in two evaluation units (EU): Boucle du Mouhoun 3 and Centre-Ouest 2 after more than ten to thirteen years of mass drug treatment.

Methodology: The study was a cross sectional survey which targeted the school aged children based on the cluster survey method conducted at community level.

Results: Among the 1649 school aged children covered by the survey in the Centre Ouest EU, four were found positive at the Filariasis Test Strip (FTS), i.e. the proportion of children with circulating filarial antigens (i.e. with live adult stages of W. bancrofti ) was 0.24%. In the BMH3 EU, none of the 1716 children tested was FTS-positive.

Conclusion: From the findings, we can infer that filariasis transmission has been interrupted in these districts and that mass treatment with albendazole and ivermectin can be stopped.

Objectif: Dans le cadre d'une étude d'impact de la chimiothérapie préventive contre la filariose lymphatique au Burkina Faso, le Programme national de lutte contre les maladies tropicales négligées (PNMTN) a conduit une enquête d'évaluation de la transmission dans les districts sanitaires de Léo, Sapouy, Boromo et Dédougou. L'objectif principal était d'évaluer le niveau de transmission de la filariose lymphatique dans ces 4 districts sanitaires répartis en 2 unités d'évaluation (UE) (Boucle du Mouhoun 3 et du Centre-Ouest 2) après au moins 9 ans de traitement médicamenteux de masse.

Méthodologie: Il s'est agi d'une enquête transversale à visée descriptive réalisée en milieu communautaire sur un échantillon d'enfants de 6 à 7 ans sélectionnés par sondage en grappe.

Résultats: Sur 1649 enfants enquêtés dans l'UE Centre-Ouest 2, quatre étaient positifs au Filariasis Test Strip (FTS), soit une proportion de porteurs d'antigène filarien circulant (signant la présence de stades adultes vivant de Wuchereria bancrofti ) de 0,24%. Dans l'UE BMH3, aucun des 1716 enfants enquêtés n'était positif au FTS.

Conclusion: Ces résultats montrent que la transmission de la filariose lymphatique est interrompue dans ces districts sanitaires, où les traitements de masse à l'albendazole et l'ivermectine peuvent donc être interrompus.

Keywords: Boromo; Burkina Faso; Dedougou; Impact; Leo; Lymphatic filariasis; Mass drug administration; Sapouy; Sub-Saharan Africa; Wuchereria bancrofti.

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Carte du Burkina Faso montrant les districts étudiés Map of Burkina Faso showing the study districts
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Localisation des clusters étudiés lors des enquêtes TAS pour la FL au Burkina Faso en 2016 Location of studied clusters surveyed during TAS surveys for LF in Burkina Faso in 2016
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