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Morbidity management and disability prevention for lymphatic filariasis in Sri Lanka: Current status and future prospects

BACKGROUND: Sri Lanka was acknowledged to have eliminated lymphatic filariasis (LF) as a public health problem in 2016, largely due to its success in Mass Drug Administration (MDA) to interrupt disease transmission. Analysis of the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats (SWOT) of the natio...

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Autores principales:	Chandrasena, Nilmini, Premaratna, Ranjan, Gunaratna, Indeewarie. E., de Silva, Nilanthi R.
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Public Library of Science 2018
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5963805/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29746479 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006472

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