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Neglected Patients with a Neglected Disease? A Qualitative Study of Lymphatic Filariasis

BACKGROUND: Lymphatic filariasis (LF) is a so-called neglected tropical disease, currently overshadowed by higher-profile efforts to address malaria, tuberculosis, and HIV/AIDS. Despite recent successes in arresting transmission, some 40 million people who already have the disease have been largely...

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Autores principales: Perera, Myrtle, Whitehead, Margaret, Molyneux, David, Weerasooriya, Mirani, Gunatilleke, Godfrey
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2007
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2100378/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18060080
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000128