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The impact of four years of semiannual treatments with albendazole alone on lymphatic filariasis and soil-transmitted helminth infections: A community-based study in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
BACKGROUND: The World Health Organization now recommends semiannual mass drug administration (MDA) of albendazole with integrated vector management as an option for eliminating lymphatic filariasis (LF) in areas of loiasis-endemic countries where it may not be safe to use diethylcarbamazine or iverm...
Autores principales: | Pion, Sébastien D. S., Chesnais, Cédric B., Awaca-Uvon, Naomi P., Vlaminck, Johnny, Abdou, Anlimou, Kunyu-Shako, Billy, Kuyangisa Simuna, Godefroy, Tambwe, Jean-Paul, Weil, Gary J., Boussinesq, Michel |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2020
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7337406/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32574160 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008322 |
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