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Low Microfilaremia Levels in Three Districts in Coastal Ghana with at Least 16 Years of Mass Drug Administration and Persistent Transmission of Lymphatic Filariasis
Ghana has been implementing mass drug administration (MDA) of ivermectin and albendazole for the elimination of lymphatic filariasis (LF) since the year 2000, as part of the Global Programme to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis (GPELF). It was estimated that 5–6 years of treatment would be sufficient t...
Autores principales: | de Souza, Dziedzom K., Otchere, Joseph, Ahorlu, Collins S., Adu-Amankwah, Susan, Larbi, Irene A., Dumashie, Edward, McCarthy, Frances A., King, Sandra A., Otoo, Samson, Osabutey, Dickson, Osei, Joseph H. N., Sedzro, Kojo M., Asiedu, Odame, Dadzie, Samuel K., Ayi, Irene, Marfo, Benjamin, Biritwum, Nana-Kwadwo, Boakye, Daniel A. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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MDPI
2018
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6306872/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30274501 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed3040105 |
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