Progress towards lymphatic filariasis elimination in Ghana from 2000-2016: Analysis of microfilaria prevalence data from 430 communities

BACKGROUND: Ghana started its national programme to eliminate lymphatic filariasis (LF) in 2000, with mass drug administration (MDA) with ivermectin and albendazole as main strategy. We review the progress towards elimination that was made by 2016 for all endemic districts of Ghana and analyze micro...

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Autores principales: Biritwum, Nana Kwadwo, Frempong, Kwadwo K., Verver, Suzanne, Odoom, Samuel, Alomatu, Bright, Asiedu, Odame, Kontoroupis, Periklis, Yeboah, Abednego, Hervie, Edward Tei, Marfo, Benjamin, Boakye, Daniel A., de Vlas, Sake J., Gyapong, John O., Stolk, Wilma A.
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/PMC6709921/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31398203
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007115

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6709921/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31398203
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007115

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