MDA—Lymphatic Filariasis

Lymphatic filariasis is one of the neglected tropical diseases. It is estimated that 120 million people are currently infected in 73 countries where filariasis is endemic. Lymphatic filariasis is a leading cause of chronic disability worldwide, including of 15 million people who have lymphoedema (el...

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Autor principal: Ichimori, Kazuyo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Japanese Society of Tropical Medicine 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4204062/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25425947
http://dx.doi.org/10.2149/tmh.2014-S03
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description Lymphatic filariasis is one of the neglected tropical diseases. It is estimated that 120 million people are currently infected in 73 countries where filariasis is endemic. Lymphatic filariasis is a leading cause of chronic disability worldwide, including of 15 million people who have lymphoedema (elephantiasis) and 25 million men who have hydrocoele.
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spelling pubmed-42040622014-11-25 MDA—Lymphatic Filariasis Ichimori, Kazuyo Trop Med Health Presentation Lymphatic filariasis is one of the neglected tropical diseases. It is estimated that 120 million people are currently infected in 73 countries where filariasis is endemic. Lymphatic filariasis is a leading cause of chronic disability worldwide, including of 15 million people who have lymphoedema (elephantiasis) and 25 million men who have hydrocoele. The Japanese Society of Tropical Medicine 2014-06 2014-05-27 /pmc/articles/PMC4204062/ /pubmed/25425947 http://dx.doi.org/10.2149/tmh.2014-S03 Text en 2014 Japanese Society of Tropical Medicine This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4204062/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25425947
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