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A Comparative Study of Lymphatic Filariasis-Related Perceptions among Treated and Non-Treated Individuals in the Ahanta West Municipality of Ghana

Background: Ghana joined the Global Programme to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis (GPELF), established in the year 2000, with the aim of eliminating the disease as a public health problem through annual mass treatment of entire endemic populations. Since 2001, the country has implemented mass drug adm...

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Autores principales:	Ahorlu, Collins Stephen, Otchere, Joseph, Sedzro, Kojo M., Pi-Bansa, Sellase, Asemanyi-Mensah, Kofi, Opare, Joseph L., Alomatu, Bright, Long, Elizabeth F., de Souza, Dziedzom K.
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	MDPI 2022
Materias:	Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9609743/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36288014 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed7100273

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