Comparing antigenaemia- and microfilaraemia as criteria for stopping decisions in lymphatic filariasis elimination programmes in Africa

BACKGROUND: Mass drug administration (MDA) is the main strategy towards lymphatic filariasis (LF) elimination. Progress is monitored by assessing microfilaraemia (Mf) or circulating filarial antigenaemia (CFA) prevalence, the latter being more practical for field surveys. The current criterion for s...

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Autores principales: Stolk, Wilma A., Coffeng, Luc E., Bolay, Fatorma K., Eneanya, Obiora A., Fischer, Peter U., Hollingsworth, T. Déirdre, Koudou, Benjamin G., Méité, Aboulaye, Michael, Edwin, Prada, Joaquin M., Caja Rivera, Rocio M., Sharma, Swarnali, Touloupou, Panayiota, Weil, Gary J., de Vlas, Sake J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2022
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9779720/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36508458
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010953

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9779720/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36508458
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010953

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