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The health and economic benefits of the global programme to eliminate lymphatic filariasis (2000–2014)
BACKGROUND: Lymphatic filariasis (LF), also known as elephantiasis, is a neglected tropical disease (NTD) targeted for elimination through a Global Programme to Eliminate LF (GPELF). Between 2000 and 2014, the GPELF has delivered 5.6 billion treatments to over 763 million people. Updating the estima...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2016
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4937583/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27388873 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40249-016-0147-4 |