Study Population: Indigenous Burkinabé from various ethnic groups (Dagara, Bobo, Lobi, Mossi, etc.). The entire eligible population of each enrolled village will receive the MDAs, following the standard inclusion/exclusion criteria of MDA for control of microfilaremia caused by Wuchereria bancrofti (lymphatic filariasis; LF). Clinical incidence of malaria will be assessed only in children living in enrolled villages who are ≤ 5 years of age, most of whom will not have received any treatment due to the standard MDA exclusion criteria of children < 90 cm.