Geographic and ecologic heterogeneity in elimination thresholds for the major vector-borne helminthic disease, lymphatic filariasis

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Large-scale intervention programmes to control or eliminate several infectious diseases are currently underway worldwide. However, a major unresolved question remains: what are reasonable stopping points for these programmes? Recent...

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Main Authors: Remais Justin, Kazura James, Tisch Daniel, Bockarie Moses, Gambhir Manoj, Spear Robert, Michael Edwin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-03-01
Series:BMC Biology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7007/8/22