Progress on elimination of lymphatic filariasis in Sierra Leone

BACKGROUND: A baseline survey in 2007–2008 found lymphatic filariasis (LF) to be endemic in Sierra Leone in all 14 districts and co-endemic with onchocerciasis in 12 districts. Mass drug administration (MDA) with ivermectin started in 2006 for onchocerciasis and was modified to add albendazole in 20...

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Autores principales: Koroma, Joseph B., Sesay, Santigie, Conteh, Abdul, Paye, Jusufu, Bah, Mohamed, Sonnie, Mustapha, Hodges, Mary H., Zhang, Yaobi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5987388/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29866207
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-018-2915-4

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5987388/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29866207
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-018-2915-4

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