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Progress towards elimination of lymphatic filariasis in the Americas region

In South and Central America, lymphatic filariasis (LF) is caused by Wuchereria bancrofti, which is transmitted by Culex quinquefasciatus, the only vector species in this region. Of the seven countries considered endemic for LF in the Americas in the last decade, Costa Rica, Suriname and Trinidad an...

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Autores principales: Fontes, Gilberto, da Rocha, Eliana Maria Mauricio, Scholte, Ronaldo Guilherme Carvalho, Nicholls, Rubén Santiago
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7753170/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33349876
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/inthealth/ihaa048