INTEGRATED LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS ELIMINATION PROGRAM: PARASITOLOGICAL STUDIES AND FEASIBLE ELIMINATION PLAN IN MENSHIAT AL QANATER DISTRICT, GIZA GOVERNORATE, EGYPT

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1 Research Institute of Medical Entomology (RIME), General Organization of Teaching Hospitals and Institutes

2 GOTHI and Endemic Diseases Control Administration of Giza, MOH & P, Egypt

Abstract

Elephantiasis due to Lymphatic filariasis (LF) is one of the major causes of deformity and disability,
known in Egypt since ancient times. In 2016, a new lf focus was discovered in Atris village,
Menshiat Al Qanater District, Giza Governorate which was not included in NLFEP.
This work studied parasitological status in three villages in Menshiat Al Qanater; Atris, Kafr
Abu Elhadid and Bani-Salama to plan a feasible elimination program.
Cross-sectional parasitological surveys were conducted from October 2017 to the end 2018 by
visiting 10% of randomly selected houses. Finger prick blood samples were taken around midnight
for thick blood films to detect the microfilarae. The results revealed that the overall prevalence
of microfilaraemia was (0.6 %) in Menshiat Al Qanater district where 31 positive cases for
MF out of 5568 examined persons. All cases were from two villages; Atris (21 cases), Kafr Abu
Elhadid villages (10 cases), and none found in Bani-Salama village.
The planning an appropriate integrated vector management (IVM) LF program for Atris &
Kafr Abu Elhadid were in altering the drug used in MDA to the triple drug regimen, vector management,
and health promotion.

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