Spatial variation in lymphatic filariasis risk factors of hotspot zones in Ghana

• Main Authors: Efiba Vidda Senkyire Kwarteng (Author), Samuel Ato Andam-Akorful (Author), Alexander Kwarteng (Author), Da-Costa Boakye Asare (Author), Jonathan Arthur Quaye-Ballard (Author), Frank Badu Osei (Author), Alfred Allan Duker (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Lymphatic Filariasis (LF), a parasitic nematode infection, poses a huge economic burden to affected countries. LF endemicity is localized and its prevalence is spatially heterogeneous. In Ghana, there exists differences in LF prevalence and multiplicity of symptoms in the country...