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. 2016 May 24;5:54. doi: 10.1186/s40249-016-0147-4

Table 3.

Baseline model parameters (based on [2, 4])

Parameter Hydrocele average estimate Lymphedema average estimate Source
Acute Disease
 Percentage of clinical patients who experience ADL episodes per year 70 % 95 % [8, 1017]
 Frequency of ADL episodes for clinical patients (in absence of MDA) 2 per year 4 per year [8, 1017]
 Average duration of an ADL episode 4 days 4 days [8, 1017]
 Reduction in the frequency of ADL episodes by MDA 50 % 50 % [33, 36, 37]
Chronic Disease
 Percentage in different clinical disease states 62.5 % 37.5 % [7]
 Percentage of chronic disease alleviated by MDA 10 % 15 % [20, 3035]

Due to the lack of region-specific data, a standard rate or proportion was utilized for each GPELF country. ADL acute adenolymphangitis, MDA mass drug administration