Filarial infection during pregnancy has profound consequences on immune response and disease outcome in children: A birth cohort study.

• Main Authors: Madhusmita Bal (Author), Manoranjan Ranjit (Author), Ashok K Satapathy (Author), Hemant K Khuntia (Author), Sanghamitra Pati (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2018-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND:Current Global Program to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis (GPELF) that prohibits pregnant mothers and children below two years of age from coverage targeted interruption of transmission after 5-6 rounds of annual mass drug administration (MDA). However, after more than 10 rounds of MDA in...