Prevalence and risk factors associated with lymphatic filariasis in American Samoa after mass drug administration

BACKGROUND: In 2000, American Samoa had 16.5% prevalence of lymphatic filariasis (LF) antigenemia. Annual mass drug administration (MDA) was conducted using single-dose albendazole plus diethylcarbamazine from 2000 to 2006. This study presents the results of a 2007 population-based PacELF C-survey i...

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Autores principales: Coutts, Shaun P., King, Jonathan D., Pa’au, Molisamoa, Fuimaono, Saipale, Roth, Joseph, King, Mary Rose, Lammie, Patrick J., Lau, Colleen L., Graves, Patricia M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5543440/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28794687
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s41182-017-0063-8

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5543440/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28794687
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s41182-017-0063-8

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