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Are census data accurate for estimating coverage of a lymphatic filariasis MDA campaign? Results of a survey in Sierra Leone

BACKGROUND: Preventive chemotherapy was administered to 3.2 million Sierra Leoneans in 13 health districts for lymphatic filariasis, onchocerciasis, and soil transmitted helminthes from October 2008 to February 2009. This paper aims to report the findings of a coverage survey conducted in 2009, comp...

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Autores principales: Kamara, Wogba, Zoerhoff, Kathryn L., Toubali, Emily H., Hodges, Mary H., Bisanzio, Donal, Chowdhury, Dhuly, Sonnie, Mustapha, Magbity, Edward, Samai, Mohamed, Conteh, Abdulai, Macarthy, Florence, Baker, Margaret, Koroma, Joseph B.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6922463/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31856176
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0224422