Systematic sampling of adults as a sensitive means of detecting persistence of lymphatic filariasis following mass drug administration in Sri Lanka.

• Váldodahkkit: Ramakrishna U Rao (Dahkki), Sandhya D Samarasekera (Dahkki), Kumara C Nagodavithana (Dahkki), Manjula W Punchihewa (Dahkki), Udaya S B Ranasinghe (Dahkki), Gary J Weil (Dahkki)
• Materiálatiipa: Girji
• Almmustuhtton: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2019-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Fáttát: article
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<h4>Background</h4>Sri Lanka's Anti-Filariasis Campaign conducted 5 annual rounds of mass drug administration (MDA) with diethylcarbamazine (DEC) plus albendazole to eliminate lymphatic filariasis (LF) in all endemic districts between 2002 and 2006. Post-MDA surveillance has consist...