Progress and impact of 13 years of the global programme to eliminate lymphatic filariasis on reducing the burden of filarial disease.

• Main Authors: K D Ramaiah (Author), Eric A Ottesen (Author)
• Formato: Livro
• Publicado em: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2014-11-01T00:00:00Z.
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<h4>Background</h4>A Global Programme to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis was launched in 2000, with mass drug administration (MDA) as the core strategy of the programme. After completing 13 years of operations through 2012 and with MDA in place in 55 of 73 endemic countries, the impact of...