Table 5. District-wise nocturnal blood smear results and Microfilaria (MF) rate.

Years	Slides Collected	Navsari	Surat Rural	SMC	Tapi	Valsad	Total
2010	Slides	4454	4085	4799	4178	4135	21651
	Positive	55	110	44	27	12	248
	MF Rate	1.23	2.69	0.92	0.65	0.29	1.15
2011	Slides	4218	4091	2106	3998	4074	18487
	Positive	28	159	0	18	30	235
	MF Rate	0.66	3.89	0	0.45	0.74	1.27
2012	Slides	4215	4069	6172	5121	4087	23664
	Positive	29	48	17	32	3	129
	MF Rate	0.69	1.18	0.26	0.62	0.07	0.55
2013	Slides	4225	4192	4150	4464	4109	21140
	Positive	27	82	0	48	37	194
	MF Rate	0.64	1.96	0	1.08	0.9	0.92
2014	Slides	4237	4199	4152	4040	4043	20671
	Positive	50	47	21	74	8	200
	MF Rate	1.18	1.12	0.51	1.83	0.2	0.97
2015	Slides	4118	4104	4042	3992	4067	20323
	Positive	35	25	12	10	7	89
	MF Rate	0.85	0.61	0.3	0.25	0.2	0.44
Total	Slides	25467	24740	25421	25793	24515	125936
	Positive	224	471	94	209	97	1095
Average	MF Rate	0.88	1.9	0.37	0.81	0.4	0.86