What Is Needed to Eradicate Lymphatic Filariasis? A Model-Based Assessment on the Impact of Scaling Up Mass Drug Administration Programs.

• Главные авторы: Randee J Kastner (Автор), Christopher M Stone (Автор), Peter Steinmann (Автор), Marcel Tanner (Автор), Fabrizio Tediosi (Автор)
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• Опубликовано: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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BACKGROUND:Lymphatic filariasis (LF) is a neglected tropical disease for which more than a billion people in 73 countries are thought to be at-risk. At a global level, the efforts against LF are designed as an elimination program. However, current efforts appear to aim for elimination in some but no...