Sustained reduction in prevalence of lymphatic filariasis infection in spite of missed rounds of mass drug administration in an area under mosquito nets for malaria control

BACKGROUND: The Global Programme to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis (GPELF) was established by the World Health Organisation (WHO) in 2000 with the goal of eliminating lymphatic filariasis (LF) as a public health problem globally by 2020. Mass drug administration (MDA) of antifilarial drugs is the pr...

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Autores principales: Njenga, Sammy M, Mwandawiro, Charles S, Wamae, C Njeri, Mukoko, Dunstan A, Omar, Anisa A, Shimada, Masaaki, Bockarie, Moses J, Molyneux, David H
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
Materias:
Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3125382/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21612649
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-3305-4-90

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3125382/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21612649
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-3305-4-90

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