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Table 4 LF prevalence in Fiji by division (positive ICT %)

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

Year(s)

Sampling method

Sample size

Division

No. sites

Antigen positive (ICT) %

Mf positive %

1997–2001 (A survey)

Convenience cluster

1443

Northern

3

14.8

 

307

Central

5*

42.0

 

2616

Eastern

24

20.2

 

1617

Western

13

7.7

 

5983

All Fiji

45

16.6

 

2002 (pre-MDA survey)

Convenience cluster

0

Northern

   

1807

Central

25

13.9

8.1

891

Eastern

15

23.9

6.8

583

Western

8

2.1

0.2

3281

All Fiji

48

14.5

6.3

2007 (C survey)

Stratified random cluster

894

Northern

8

3.0

 

1431

Central

12

15.4

 

3541

Eastern

37

11.1

 

879

Western

8

0.9

 

6745

All Fiji

65

9.5

1.4

  1. *All on Beqa island, a suspected hotspot
  2. Sources: PacELF databooks 2003 and 2006 [25, 26], The PacELF way [9], WHO Fiji office records