A multicenter evaluation of diagnostic tools to define endpoints for programs to eliminate bancroftian filariasis.

A multicenter evaluation of diagnostic tools to define endpoints for programs to eliminate bancroftian filariasis.

Successful mass drug administration (MDA) campaigns have brought several countries near the point of Lymphatic Filariasis (LF) elimination. A diagnostic tool is needed to determine when the prevalence levels have decreased to a point that MDA campaigns can be discontinued without the threat of recru...

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Main Authors: Katherine Gass, Madsen V E Beau de Rochars, Daniel Boakye, Mark Bradley, Peter U Fischer, John Gyapong, Makoto Itoh, Nese Ituaso-Conway, Hayley Joseph, Dominique Kyelem, Sandra J Laney, Anne-Marie Legrand, Tilaka S Liyanage, Wayne Melrose, Khalfan Mohammed, Nils Pilotte, Eric A Ottesen, Catherine Plichart, Kapa Ramaiah, Ramakrishna U Rao, Jeffrey Talbot, Gary J Weil, Steven A Williams, Kimberly Y Won, Patrick Lammie
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3260316?pdf=render

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