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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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Autores principales: Turner, Hugo C., Bettis, Alison A., Chu, Brian K., McFarland, Deborah A., Hooper, Pamela J., Ottesen, Eric A., Bradley, Mark H.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 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