Reassessment of areas with persistent Lymphatic Filariasis nine years after cessation of mass drug administration in Sri Lanka.

• Egile Nagusiak: Ramakrishna U Rao (Egilea), Sandhya D Samarasekera (Egilea), Kumara C Nagodavithana (Egilea), Tharanga D M Dassanayaka (Egilea), Manjula W Punchihewa (Egilea), Udaya S B Ranasinghe (Egilea), Gary J Weil (Egilea)
• Formatua: Liburua
• Argitaratua: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2017-10-01T00:00:00Z.
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Sri Lanka was one of the first countries to initiate a lymphatic filariasis (LF) elimination program based on WHO guidelines. The Anti-Filariasis Campaign provided 5 annual rounds of mass drug administration (MDA) with diethylcarbamazine plus albendazole in all 8 endemic districts from 2002-2006. Mi...