The impact of four years of semiannual treatments with albendazole alone on lymphatic filariasis and soil-transmitted helminth infections: A community-based study in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

• Main Authors: Sébastien D S Pion (Author), Cédric B Chesnais (Author), Naomi P Awaca-Uvon (Author), Johnny Vlaminck (Author), Anlimou Abdou (Author), Billy Kunyu-Shako (Author), Godefroy Kuyangisa Simuna (Author), Jean-Paul Tambwe (Author), Gary J Weil (Author), Michel Boussinesq (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2020-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<h4>Background</h4>The World Health Organization now recommends semiannual mass drug administration (MDA) of albendazole with integrated vector management as an option for eliminating lymphatic filariasis (LF) in areas of loiasis-endemic countries where it may not be safe to use diethylc...