Reduction in Acute Filariasis Morbidity during a Mass Drug Administration Trial to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis in Papua New Guinea

BACKGROUND: Acute painful swelling of the extremities and scrotum are debilitating clinical manifestations of Wuchereria bancrofti infection. The ongoing global program to eliminate filariasis using mass drug administration is expected to decrease this and other forms of filarial morbidity in the fu...

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Autores principales: Tisch, Daniel J., Alexander, Neal D. E., Kiniboro, Benson, Dagoro, Henry, Siba, Peter M., Bockarie, Moses J., Alpers, Michael P., Kazura, James W.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2011
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3134431/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21765964
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0001241

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3134431/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21765964
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0001241

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