Prevalence of malaria and lymphatic filariasis in bateyes of the Dominican Republic

• Main Authors: Hunter M. Keys (Author), Gregory S. Noland (Author), Madsen Beau De Rochars (Author), Stephen Blount (Author), Manuel Gonzales (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background The island of Hispaniola, shared by Haiti and the Dominican Republic (DR), is the only remaining malaria-endemic island in the Caribbean and accounts for 95% of the lymphatic filariasis (LF) burden in the Americas. Both countries aim to eliminate the diseases by 2020. Migration f...