Table 5.
Intervention and surveillance activities carried out in lymphatic filariasis endemic areas in Brazil
| City/State | Intervention activities |
|---|---|
| Maceió/Alagoas |
- Training of field and health personnel |
| |
- Case-finding (active and passive by microscopic blood examination) |
| |
- Determination of microfilaria carriers prevalence (baseline) |
| |
- Mapping of endemic foci |
| |
- Identification of the population at risk of infection |
| |
- Entomological survey |
| |
- Selective treatment of microfilaria carriers |
| |
- Patients follow up (at least 2 years) |
| |
- Medical care to control morbidity |
| |
- Antigen test for diagnosis of Bancroftian filariasis in children by ICT |
| |
- Xenomonitoring (detection of filarial DNA in mosquitoes by PCR) |
| |
- Surveillance (haematological/serological and entomological) |
| Belém/Pará |
- Training of field and health personnel |
| |
- Case-finding (active and passive by microscopic blood examination) |
| |
- Determination of microfilaria carriers prevalence (baseline) |
| |
- Mapping of endemic foci |
| |
- Identification of the population at risk of infection |
| |
- Entomological survey |
| |
- Selective treatment of microfilaria carriers |
| |
- Medical care to control morbidity |
| |
- Improvement of environmental sanitation |
| |
- Antigen test for diagnosis of Bancroftian filariasis in children by ICT |
| |
- Xenomonitoring (detection of filarial DNA in mosquitoes by PCR) |
| |
- Surveillance (haematological/serological and entomological) |
| Salvador/Bahia |
- Training of field and health personnel |
| |
- Determination of microfilaria carriers prevalence (baseline) |
| |
- Mapping of endemic foci |
| |
- Identification of the population at risk of infection |
| |
- Selective treatment of microfilaria carriers |
| |
- Antigen test for diagnosis of Bancroftian filariasis in children by ICT |
| |
- Xenomonitoring (detection of filarial DNA in mosquitoes by PCR) |
| |
- Surveillance (haematological/serological and entomological) |
| São José Ponta Grossa/ Santa Catarina |
- Case-finding (active and passive by microscopic blood examination) |
| |
- Determination of microfilaria carriers prevalence (baseline) |
| |
- Mapping of endemic foci |
| |
- Identification of the population at risk of infection |
| |
- Entomological survey |
| |
- Selective treatment of microfilaria carriers |
| |
- Antigen test for diagnosis of Bancroftian filariasis in children by ICT |
| |
- Surveillance (haematological/serological and entomological) |
| Recife and its metropolitan region |
- Training of field and health personnel |
| |
- Case-finding (active and passive by microscopic blood examination) |
| |
- Determination of microfilaria carriers prevalence (baseline) |
| |
- Mapping of endemic foci |
| |
- Identification of the population at risk of infection |
| |
- Entomological survey |
| |
- Selective treatment of microfilaria carriers |
| |
- Mass drug administration (MDA) since 2003 |
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- Medical care to control morbidity |
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- Management of morbidity (lymphedema treatment) |
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- Social support (Hope clubs) |
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- Information to generate community awareness and social mobilization |
| |
- Integrated mosquito control measures |
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- Antigen test for diagnosis of Bancroftian filariasis in children by ICT |
| |
- Xenomonitoring (detection of filarial DNA in mosquitoes by PCR) |
| - Surveillance (haematological/serological and entomological) |