Shrinking the Lymphatic Filariasis Map of Ethiopia: Reassessing the Population at Risk through Nationwide Mapping.

• Autores principales: Maria P Rebollo (Autor), Heven Sime (Autor), Ashenafi Assefa (Autor), Jorge Cano (Autor), Kebede Deribe (Autor), Alba Gonzalez-Escalada (Autor), Oumer Shafi (Autor), Gail Davey (Autor), Simon J Brooker (Autor), Amha Kebede (Autor), Moses J Bockarie (Autor)
• Formato: Libro
• Publicado: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2015-11-01T00:00:00Z.
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BACKGROUND:Mapping of lymphatic filariasis (LF) is essential for the delineation of endemic implementation units and determining the population at risk that will be targeted for mass drug administration (MDA). Prior to the current study, only 116 of the 832 woredas (districts) in Ethiopia had been m...