title: Integration of Multiplex Bead Assays for Parasitic Diseases into a National, Population-Based Serosurvey of Women 15-39 Years of Age in Cambodia.
abstract: Collection of surveillance data is essential for monitoring and evaluation of public health programs. Integrated collection of household-based health data, now routinely carried out in many countries through demographic health surveys and multiple indicator surveys, provides critical measures of progress in health delivery. In contrast, biomarker surveys typically focus on single or related measures of malaria infection, HIV status, vaccination coverage, or immunity status for vaccine-preventable diseases (VPD). Here we describe an integrated biomarker survey based on use of a multiplex bead assay (MBA) to simultaneously measure antibody responses to multiple parasitic diseases of public health importance as part of a VPD serological survey in Cambodia. A nationally-representative cluster-based survey was used to collect serum samples from women of child-bearing age. Samples were tested by MBA for immunoglobulin G antibodies recognizing recombinant antigens from Plasmodium falciparum and P. vivax, Wuchereria bancrofti, Toxoplasma gondii, Taenia solium, and Strongyloides stercoralis. Serologic IgG antibody results were useful both for generating national prevalence estimates for the parasitic diseases of interest and for confirming the highly focal distributions of some of these infections. Integrated surveys offer an opportunity to systematically assess the status of multiple public health programs and measure progress toward Millennium Development Goals.
authors.affiliation: Division of Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America.
authors.forename: Jeffrey W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Priest
authors.affiliation: Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America.
authors.forename: M Harley
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Jenks
authors.affiliation: Division of Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America.
authors.forename: Delynn M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Moss
authors.affiliation: University of Health Sciences, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
authors.forename: Bunsoth
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Mao
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Public Health, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
authors.forename: Sokhal
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Buth
authors.affiliation: Global Immunization Division, Center for Global Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America.
authors.forename: Kathleen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Wannemuehler
authors.affiliation: National Immunization Program, Ministry of Health, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
authors.forename: Sann Chan
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Soeung
authors.affiliation: Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America.
authors.forename: Naomi W
authors.initials: NW
authors.lastname: Lucchi
authors.affiliation: Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America.
authors.forename: Venkatachalam
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Udhayakumar
authors.affiliation: Global Immunization Division, Center for Global Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America.
authors.forename: Christopher J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Gregory
authors.affiliation: Center for Parasitology, Entomology, and Malaria Control, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
authors.forename: Rekol
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Huy
authors.affiliation: Center for Parasitology, Entomology, and Malaria Control, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
authors.forename: Sinuon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Muth
authors.affiliation: Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America.
authors.forename: Patrick J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Lammie
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000097:blood; D000909:Antibodies, Helminth / Q000097:blood*; D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan / Q000097:blood*; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood; D002160:Cambodia / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D006373:Helminthiasis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000097:blood*; D008288:Malaria / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008863:Microspheres; D058069:Neglected Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D010961:Plasmodium / Q000276:immunology; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies; D017171:Strongyloides stercoralis / Q000276:immunology; D041201:Taenia solium / Q000276:immunology; D014122:Toxoplasma / Q000276:immunology; D014123:Toxoplasmosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014958:Wuchereria bancrofti / Q000276:immunology; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D000909:Antibodies, Helminth; D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan; D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D007074:Immunoglobulin G