Reassessment of areas with persistent Lymphatic Filariasis nine years after cessation of mass drug administration in Sri Lanka

BACKGROUND: Sri Lanka was one of the first countries to initiate a lymphatic filariasis (LF) elimination program based on WHO guidelines. The Anti-Filariasis Campaign provided 5 annual rounds of mass drug administration (MDA) with diethylcarbamazine plus albendazole in all 8 endemic districts from 2...

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Autores principales: Rao, Ramakrishna U., Samarasekera, Sandhya D., Nagodavithana, Kumara C., Dassanayaka, Tharanga D. M., Punchihewa, Manjula W., Ranasinghe, Udaya S. B., Weil, Gary J.
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/PMC5679644/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29084213
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006066

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