@article{fdi:010084346,
  title = {{I}mpact of semi-annual albendazole on lymphatic filariasis and soil-transmitted helminth infection : parasitological assessment after 14 rounds of community treatment},
  author = {{P}ion, {S}{\'e}bastien and {C}hesnais, {C}{\'e}dric and {W}eil, {G}. {J}. and {L}ouya, {F}. and {B}oussinesq, {M}ichel and {M}issamou, {F}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{B}etween {O}ctober 2012 and {O}ctober 2015, we conducted a community trial to assess the impact of semi-annual (twice yearly) community treatment with albendazole on lymphatic filariasis in {S}eke {P}embe, a village in the {R}epublic of the {C}ongo. {S}emi-annual community treatment with albendazole has been continued in the community since {O}ctober 2015. {W}e conducted an additional parasitological assessment survey in {O}ctober 2019, 6 months after the 14th round of semi-annual treatment. {B}etween {O}ctober 2012 and {O}ctober 2015, {W}uchereria bancrofti antigenemia and microfilaremia rates in the community had decreased from 17.3% to 4.7% and from 5.3% to 0.3%, respectively. {I}n {O}ctober 2019, the antigenemia rate had decreased further to 2.8% (19 of 687). {N}o microfilariae were found in night blood smears from persons with circulating filarial antigenemia (0 of 16), suggesting that {W}. bancrofti transmission has been interrupted in {S}eke {P}embe. {S}emi-annual albendazole treatments also reduced significantly infection rates with soil transmitted helminths.},
  keywords = {{CONGO}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{A}merican {J}ournal of {T}ropical {M}edicine and {H}ygiene},
  volume = {106},
  numero = {2},
  pages = {729--731},
  ISSN = {0002-9637},
  year = {2022},
  DOI = {10.4269/ajtmh.21-0731},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010084346},
}