How much will it cost to eradicate lymphatic filariasis? An analysis of the financial and economic costs of intensified efforts against lymphatic filariasis.

• Main Authors: Randee J Kastner (Author), Elisa Sicuri (Author), Christopher M Stone (Author), Gabriel Matwale (Author), Ambrose Onapa (Author), Fabrizio Tediosi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2017-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Lymphatic filariasis (LF), a neglected tropical disease (NTD) preventable through mass drug administration (MDA), is one of six diseases deemed possibly eradicable. Previously we developed one LF elimination scenario, which assumes MDA scale-up to continue in all countries that have previously under...