The Impact of Lymphatic Filariasis Mass Drug Administration Scaling Down on Soil-Transmitted Helminth Control in School-Age Children. Present Situation and Expected Impact from 2016 to 2020.

• Hoofdauteurs: Denise Mupfasoni (Auteur), Antonio Montresor (Auteur), Alexei Mikhailov (Auteur), Jonathan King (Auteur)
• Formaat: Boek
• Gepubliceerd in: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2016-12-01T00:00:00Z.
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Lymphatic filariasis (LF) and soil-transmitted-helminths (STH) are co-endemic in 58 countries which are mostly in Africa and Asia. Worldwide, 486 million school-age children are considered at risk of both diseases. In 2000, the World Health Organization (WHO) established the global programme to elim...