The impact of repeated rounds of mass drug administration with diethylcarbamazine plus albendazole on bancroftian filariasis in Papua New Guinea.

• Main Authors: Gary J Weil (Author), Will Kastens (Author), Melinda Susapu (Author), Sandra J Laney (Author), Steven A Williams (Author), Christopher L King (Author), James W Kazura (Author), Moses J Bockarie (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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This study employed various monitoring methods to assess the impact of repeated rounds of mass drug administration (MDA) on bancroftian filariasis in Papua New Guinea, which has the largest filariasis problem in the Pacific region.Residents of rural villages near Madang were studied prior to and one...