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Table 5 Baseline and sentinel site surveys: antigen positive results by division and subdivision

From: Lymphatic filariasis in Fiji: progress towards elimination, 1997–2007

Division

Subdivision

1997–2001

2002

2004

2005

  

No. sites

N tested

Ag pos %

No. sites

N tested

Ag pos %

No. sites

N tested

Ag pos %

No. sites

N tested

Ag pos %

Northern

Bua

1*

512

14.3

         

Cakaudrove

1

491

27.7

      

1

57

33.3

Macuata

1

440

0.9

         

Central

Naitasiri

   

4

248

26.2

   

1

97

26.8

Rewa

   

21

1559

11.9

6

302

26.2

30

2619

6.3

Serua/Namosi

5

307

42.0

   

4

233

27.0

5

410

14.9

Eastern

Kadavu

7

602

12.1

      

1

166

16.3

Lau

12

1300

21.5

15

891

23.9

   

3

234

31.2

Lomaiviti

1

551

11.6

         

Rotuma

4

163

67.5

      

4

176

35.8

Western

Ba

12

582

5.7

8

583

2.1

4

132

7.6

1

64

0.0

Nadroga-Navosa

1

525

0.2

         

Ra

1

510

17.7

         
  1. *Lack of certainty on number of sites