Cessation of Mass Drug Administration for Lymphatic Filariasis in Zanzibar in 2006: Was Transmission Interrupted?

BACKGROUND: Lymphatic filariasis (LF) is targeted for elimination through annual mass drug administration (MDA) for 4–6 years. In 2006, Zanzibar stopped MDA against LF after five rounds of MDA revealed no microfilaraemic individuals during surveys at selected sentinel sites. We asked the question if...

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Autores principales: Rebollo, Maria P., Mohammed, Khalfan A., Thomas, Brent, Ame, Shaali, Ali, Said Mohammed, Cano, Jorge, Escalada, Alba Gonzalez, Bockarie, Moses J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4376862/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25816287
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0003669

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4376862/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25816287
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0003669

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