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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...
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 |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2013
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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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