Pilot assessment of soil-transmitted helminthiasis in the context of transmission assessment surveys for lymphatic filariasis in Benin and Tonga.

• Auteurs principaux: Brian K Chu (Auteur), Katherine Gass (Auteur), Wilfrid Batcho (Auteur), Malakai 'Ake (Auteur), Améyo M Dorkenoo (Auteur), Elvire Adjinacou (Auteur), 'Eva Mafi (Auteur), David G Addiss (Auteur)
• Format: Livre
• Publié: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Sujets: article
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BACKGROUND: Mass drug administration (MDA) for lymphatic filariasis (LF) programs has delivered more than 2 billion treatments of albendazole, in combination with either ivermectin or diethylcarbamazine, to communities co-endemic for soil-transmitted helminthiasis (STH), reducing the prevalence of b...