Skip directly to site content Skip directly to page options Skip directly to A-Z link Skip directly to A-Z link Skip directly to A-Z link
Volume 31, Number 3—March 2025
Research

Postelimination Cluster of Lymphatic Filariasis, Futuna, 2024

Clément CouteauxComments to Author , Thibaut Demaneuf, Laurent Bien, Manuel Munoz, Bernadette Worms, Samuel Chésimar, Gwenael Takala, Atonio Lie, Vincent Jessop, Malia Kalemeli Selemago, Valelia Uhila, Monika Toa, Dominique Euller, and Cyrille Goarant
Author affiliation: Wallis and Futuna Health Agency, Mata’utu, Uvea, Wallis and Futuna (C. Couteaux, L. Bien, M. Munoz, B. Worms, S. Chésimar, G. Takala, A. Lie, V. Jessop, M.K. Selemago, V. Uhila, M. Toa, D. Euller); The Pacific Community, Noumea, New Caledonia (T. Demaneuf, C. Goarant)

Main Article

Table 2

Social and behavioral variables and lymphatic filariasis test results, Futuna, May 2024

Variable and test result No. patients Frequency, %
Habitation type
Tin hut 2 0.6
Closed traditional fale* 6 1.7
Open traditional fale 12 3.4
Permanent house
 330
 94.3
Mosquito net at habitation
No 273 77.8
Yes 47 13.4
Partial
 31
 8.8
Repellent or mosquito coil use
Never 120 34.2
Sometimes 120 34.2
Often 60 17.1
Very often 15 4.3
Always
 36
 10.2
Perceived biting density
Absence of bites 92 26.7
Low 155 44.9
Fairly high 70 20.3
High 19 5.5
Very high
 9
 2.6
No. pigs at household
0 74 21.0
1–5 78 22.1
6–10 97 27.5
>10
 104
 29.4
Lymphatic filariasis rapid diagnostic result
Negative 268 91.5
Positive 5 1.7
Invalid 20 6.8

*Fale, a traditional Polynesian house with open sides and a thatched roof.

Main Article

Page created: February 04, 2025
Page updated: February 28, 2025
Page reviewed: February 28, 2025
The conclusions, findings, and opinions expressed by authors contributing to this journal do not necessarily reflect the official position of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Public Health Service, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or the authors' affiliated institutions. Use of trade names is for identification only and does not imply endorsement by any of the groups named above.
file_external