Prevalence of soil transmitted nematodes on Nukufetau, a remote
Pacific Island in Tuvalu Speare, Rick, Latasi, Falatea Fab,
Nelesone, Tekaai, Harmen, Sonia, Melrose, Wayne, Durrheim,
David, and Heukelbach, Jorg (2006) Prevalence of soil
transmitted nematodes on Nukufetau, a remote Pacific Island in
Tuvalu. BMC Infectious Diseases, 6 (110). pp. 1-6. |PDF
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-6-11... Background: The
population of Nukufetau, a remote coral atoll island in Tuvalu
in the Western Pacific, received annual mass drug administration
(MDA) of diethylcarbamazine and albendazole under the Pacific
Elimination of Lymphatic Filariasis program in 2001, 2002 and
2003, with the last MDA occurring six months before a cross-
sectional survey of the whole population for soil transmitted
helminths (STH). Methods: A cross-sectional survey in May 2004
recruited 206 residents (35.2% of the population) who