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Challenges in mass drug administration for treating lymphatic filariasis in Papua, Indonesia
BACKGROUND: The World Health Organization (WHO) Global Program to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis relies on mass drug administration (MDA) of two drugs annually for 4 to 6 years. The goal is to reduce the reservoir of microfilariae in the blood to a level insufficient to maintain transmission by the...
Autores principales: | Bhullar, Navneet, Maikere, Jacob |
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Formato: | Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2010
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2928210/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20701744 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-3305-3-70 |
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