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Social mobilisation, drug coverage and compliance and adverse reactions in a Mass Drug Administration (MDA) Programme for the Elimination of Lymphatic Filariasis in Sri Lanka

BACKGROUND: In Sri Lanka filariasis is endemic in Southern, Western and North Western provinces covering eight districts designated as implementation units in the Programme for the Elimination of Lymphatic Filariasis (PELF). Despite control activities over sixty years including multidose diethylcarb...

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Autores principales:	Weerasooriya, Mirani V, Yahathugoda, Channa T, Wickramasinghe, Darshana, Gunawardena, Kithsiri N, Dharmadasa, Rohan A, Vidanapathirana, Kanchana K, Weerasekara, Saman H, Samarawickrema, Wilfred A
Formato:	Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2007
Materias:	Research
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2203982/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18005398 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2883-6-11

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