Cessation of mass drug administration for lymphatic filariasis in Zanzibar in 2006: was transmission interrupted?

• Principais autores: Maria P Rebollo (Autor), Khalfan A Mohammed (Autor), Brent Thomas (Autor), Shaali Ame (Autor), Said Mohammed Ali (Autor), Jorge Cano (Autor), Alba Gonzalez Escalada (Autor), Moses J Bockarie (Autor)
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• Publicado em: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2015-03-01T00:00:00Z.
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BACKGROUND:Lymphatic filariasis (LF) is targeted for elimination through annual mass drug administration (MDA) for 4-6 years. In 2006, Zanzibar stopped MDA against LF after five rounds of MDA revealed no microfilaraemic individuals during surveys at selected sentinel sites. We asked the question if...