Lymphatic filariasis in Papua New Guinea: distribution at district level and impact of mass drug administration, 1980 to 2011

BACKGROUND: Lymphatic filariasis (LF) caused by Wuchereria bancrofti is present at high prevalence in some parts of Papua New Guinea. However, there has been no rigorous data-based representative assessment of nationwide prevalence of LF. The LF programme has been daunted by the scope of the problem...

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Autores principales: Graves, Patricia M, Makita, Leo, Susapu, Melinda, Brady, Molly A, Melrose, Wayne, Capuano, Corinne, Zhang, Zaixing, Dapeng, Luo, Ozaki, Masayo, Reeve, David, Ichimori, Kazuyo, Kazadi, Walter M, Michna, Frederick, Bockarie, Moses J, Kelly-Hope, Louise A
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3606332/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23311302
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-3305-6-7

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3606332/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23311302
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-3305-6-7

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