Detection of Wuchereria bancrofti in the city of São Luís, state of Maranhão, Brazil: New incursion or persisting problem?

• Main Authors: Tatiane Alexandre de Araújo (Author), Alessandra Lima de Albuquerque (Author), Danielle Cristina Tenório Varjal de Melo (Author), Eloína Maria de Mendonça Santos (Author), André Luiz Sá de Oliveira (Author), Constância Flávia Junqueira Ayres (Author), Cláudia Maria Fontes de Oliveira (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<h4>Background</h4>The elimination of lymphatic filariasis (LF) from Brazil by 2020 was not accomplished; however, this goal can be achieved in the upcoming years with the assistance of specific strategies. The surveillance of LF can be performed using molecular xenomonitoring (MX), a no...