Lymphatic filariasis transmission on Mafia Islands, Tanzania: Evidence from xenomonitoring in mosquito vectors

INTRODUCTION: Lymphatic filariasis (LF) is a chronic nematode infection transmitted by mosquitoes and in sub-Saharan Africa it is caused by Wuchereria bancrofti. The disease was targeted for global elimination by 2020 using repeated community-wide mass drug administration (MDA) distributed in endemi...

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Autores principales: Derua, Yahya A., Rumisha, Susan F., Batengana, Bernard M., Max, Demetrius A., Stanley, Grades, Kisinza, William N., Mboera, Leonard E. G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2017
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5646871/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28985217
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005938

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5646871/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28985217
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005938

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