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Factors Influencing Drug Uptake during Mass Drug Administration for Control of Lymphatic Filariasis in Rural and Urban Tanzania
BACKGROUND: In most countries of Sub-Saharan Africa, control of lymphatic filariasis (LF) is based on annual mass drug administration (MDA) with a combination of ivermectin and albendazole. Treatment coverages are however often suboptimal for programmes to reach the goal of transmission interruption...
Autores principales: | Kisoka, William J., Simonsen, Paul E., Malecela, Mwelecele N., Tersbøl, Britt P., Mushi, Declare L., Meyrowitsch, Dan W. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2014
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4190414/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25296034 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0109316 |
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