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Potential factors influencing lymphatic filariasis transmission in "hotspot" and "control" areas in Ghana: the importance of vectors

Abstract Background Mass drug administration (MDA) programmes for the control of lymphatic filariasis in Ghana, have been ongoing in some endemic districts for 16 years. The current study aimed to assess factors that govern the success of MDA programmes for breaking transmission of lymphatic filaria...

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Main Authors:	Sellase Pi-Bansa (Author), Joseph Harold Nyarko Osei (Author), Kwadwo Kyeremeh Frempong (Author), Elizabeth Elhassan (Author), Osei Kweku Akuoko (Author), David Agyemang (Author), Collins Ahorlu (Author), Maxwell Alexander Appawu (Author), Benjamin Guibehi Koudou (Author), Michael David Wilson (Author), Dziedzom Komi de Souza (Author), Samuel Kweku Dadzie (Author), Jürg Utzinger (Author), Daniel Adjei Boakye (Author)
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Published:	BMC, 2019-02-01T00:00:00Z.
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