Systematic sampling of adults as a sensitive means of detecting persistence of lymphatic filariasis following mass drug administration in Sri Lanka

BACKGROUND: Sri Lanka’s Anti-Filariasis Campaign conducted 5 annual rounds of mass drug administration (MDA) with diethylcarbamazine (DEC) plus albendazole to eliminate lymphatic filariasis (LF) in all endemic districts between 2002 and 2006. Post-MDA surveillance has consistently documented Wuchere...

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Autores principales: Rao, Ramakrishna U., Samarasekera, Sandhya D., Nagodavithana, Kumara C., Punchihewa, Manjula W., Ranasinghe, Udaya S. B., Weil, Gary J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2019
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6497314/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31009482
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007365

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