Surveillance efforts after mass drug administration to validate elimination of lymphatic filariasis as a public health problem in Vanuatu

Table 4 Results of TAS 3 in all EUs, 2010 and 2012

Evaluation unit	Province	Province 6–7 year old pop^a	% of 6–7 year pop tested	N tested ICT	N ICT pos	% ICT pos	Upper 95% exact binomial CI
1	Torba (2010)	380	19.2%	73	0	0.0%
	Sanma (2010)	1397	113.6%	1587	0	0.0%
	Malampa (2010)	1207	53.3%	643	0	0.0%
	Total EU1	2984	77.2%	2303	0	0.0%	0.1%
2	Penama (2010)	1034	89.9%	930	0	0.0%
2	Total EU2	1034	90.1%	930	0	0.0%	0.4%
3	Shefa (2010)^b (2012)	1831	5.0% 35.7%	91 653	0 0	0.0% 0.0%
	Tafea (2010)^b (2012)	1,220	4.1% 37.1%	50 453	0 0	0.0% 0.0%
	Total EU3	3051	40.8%	1247	0	0%	0.2%
Vanuatu total		7086	63.2%	4480	0	0%

^aProjected from 1999 census
^bTAS 3 in EU3 in 2010 was done in one village site in each province only (Ebule in Shefa province and Port Resolution in Tafea province)

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