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

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...

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Main Authors:	Maria P Rebollo (Author), Khalfan A Mohammed (Author), Brent Thomas (Author), Shaali Ame (Author), Said Mohammed Ali (Author), Jorge Cano (Author), Alba Gonzalez Escalada (Author), Moses J Bockarie (Author)
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Published:	Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2015-03-01T00:00:00Z.
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