Meta-analysis of the prevalence of lymphatic filariasis infection in mosquito vectors
Tong Ye, Guang-Rong Bao, Ya Qin, Quan Zhao, Bei-Ni Chen, He Ma · 2025
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Description
Ye and co-authors take the global pulse of a worm disease by counting infections in its mosquito carriers. Lymphatic filariasis, spread by mosquitoes, remains a major neglected tropical disease despite elimination campaigns. Pooling eighteen studies covering over 160,000 mosquitoes in ten countries, the meta-analysis finds a pooled infection prevalence of 0.7 percent.
Rates run highest in Asia, in Mansonia mosquitoes, and where the most sensitive test, RT-PCR, is used. Places without drug administration programs and warm regions between twenty-three and twenty-seven degrees show more infection, as do studies after 2016. Results vary enormously between studies, and publication bias is present. The authors urge stronger mosquito-based monitoring, especially with molecular tests, to reach the 2030 elimination goal.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Tong Ye, Guang-Rong Bao, Ya Qin, Quan Zhao, Bei-Ni Chen, He Ma |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 31 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |