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The Impact of Lymphatic Filariasis Mass Drug Administration Scaling Down on Soil-Transmitted Helminth Control in School-Age Children. Present Situation and Expected Impact from 2016 to 2020
Lymphatic filariasis (LF) and soil-transmitted-helminths (STH) are co-endemic in 58 countries which are mostly in Africa and Asia. Worldwide, 486 million school-age children are considered at risk of both diseases. In 2000, the World Health Organization (WHO) established the global programme to elim...
Autores principales: | Mupfasoni, Denise, Montresor, Antonio, Mikhailov, Alexei, King, Jonathan |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2016
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5167227/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27992424 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005202 |
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