Wuchereria bancrofti infection at four primary schools and surrounding communities with no previous blood surveys in northern Uganda: the prevalence after mass drug administrations and a report on suspected non-filarial endemic elephantiasis

BACKGROUND: A prevalence study of Wuchereria bancrofti infection was carried out in 2014 at 4 study sites in northern Uganda using antigen and microfilaria tests. Each study site consists of a primary school and surrounding communities. These sites are inside the filariasis endemic area and have bee...

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Autores principales: Odongo-Aginya, Emmanuel Igwaro, Olia, Alex, Luwa, Kilama Justin, Nagayasu, Eiji, Auma, Anna Mary, Egitat, Geoffrey, Mwesigwa, Gerald, Ogino, Yoshitaka, Kimura, Eisaku, Horii, Toshihiro
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/PMC5556395/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28814926
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s41182-017-0060-y

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