Epidemiological and entomological evaluations after six years or more of mass drug administration for lymphatic filariasis elimination in Nigeria.

Epidemiological and entomological evaluations after six years or more of mass drug administration for lymphatic filariasis elimination in Nigeria.

The current strategy for interrupting transmission of lymphatic filariasis (LF) is annual mass drug administration (MDA), at good coverage, for 6 or more years. We describe our programmatic experience delivering the MDA combination of ivermectin and albendazole in Plateau and Nasarawa states in cent...

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Main Authors: Frank O Richards, Abel Eigege, Emmanuel S Miri, Alphonsus Kal, John Umaru, Davou Pam, Lindsay J Rakers, Yohanna Sambo, Jacob Danboyi, Bako Ibrahim, Solomon E Adelamo, Gladys Ogah, Danjuma Goshit, O Kehinde Oyenekan, Els Mathieu, P Craig Withers, Yisa A Saka, Jonathan Jiya, Donald R Hopkins
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-10-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3191131?pdf=render

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