PMID- 15100452
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20040608
LR  - 20061115
IS  - 0002-9637 (Print)
IS  - 0002-9637 (Linking)
VI  - 70
IP  - 4
DP  - 2004 Apr
TI  - Trypanosoma brucei gambiense trypanosomiasis in Terego county, northern Uganda, 
      1996: a lot quality assurance sampling survey.
PG  - 390-4
AB  - We estimated the pre-intervention prevalence of Trypanosoma brucei gambiense 
      (Tbg) trypanosomiasis using the lot quality assurance sampling (LQAS) methods in 
      14 parishes of Terego County in northern Uganda. A total of 826 participants were 
      included in the survey sample in 1996. The prevalence of laboratory confirmed Tbg 
      trypanosomiasis adjusted for parish population sizes was 2.2% (95% confidence 
      interval =1.1-3.2). This estimate was consistent with the 1.1% period prevalence 
      calculated on the basis of cases identified through passive and active screening 
      in 1996-1999. Ranking of parishes in four categories according to LQAS analysis 
      of the 1996 survey predicted the prevalences observed during the first round of 
      active screening in the population in 1997-1998 (P < 0.0001, by chi-square test). 
      Overall prevalence and ranking of parishes obtained with LQAS were validated by 
      the results of the population screening, suggesting that these survey methods may 
      be useful in the pre-intervention phase of sleeping sickness control programs.
FAU - Hutin, Yvan J F
AU  - Hutin YJ
AD  - Epicentre Office in Uganda, Kampala, Uganda.
FAU - Legros, Dominique
AU  - Legros D
FAU - Owini, Vincent
AU  - Owini V
FAU - Brown, Vincent
AU  - Brown V
FAU - Lee, Evan
AU  - Lee E
FAU - Mbulamberi, Dawson
AU  - Mbulamberi D
FAU - Paquet, Christophe
AU  - Paquet C
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PL  - United States
TA  - Am J Trop Med Hyg
JT  - The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene
JID - 0370507
RN  - 0 (Antibodies, Protozoan)
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Adult
MH  - Agglutination Tests
MH  - Animals
MH  - Antibodies, Protozoan/blood
MH  - Child
MH  - Child, Preschool
MH  - Cross-Sectional Studies
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Lymph Nodes/parasitology
MH  - Male
MH  - Mass Screening
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Prevalence
MH  - Quality Assurance, Health Care/*methods
MH  - Quality Control
MH  - Rural Population
MH  - Sample Size
MH  - Sampling Studies
MH  - Seroepidemiologic Studies
MH  - Trypanosoma brucei gambiense/*isolation & purification
MH  - Trypanosomiasis, African/blood/*epidemiology/*parasitology
MH  - Uganda/epidemiology
EDAT- 2004/04/22 05:00
MHDA- 2004/06/21 10:00
CRDT- 2004/04/22 05:00
PHST- 2004/04/22 05:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2004/06/21 10:00 [medline]
PHST- 2004/04/22 05:00 [entrez]
AID - 70/4/390 [pii]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2004 Apr;70(4):390-4.