Prevalence of malaria and lymphatic filariasis in bateyes of the Dominican Republic
Abstract Background The island of Hispaniola, shared by Haiti and the Dominican Republic (DR), is the only remaining malaria-endemic island in the Caribbean and accounts for 95% of the lymphatic filariasis (LF) burden in the Americas. Both countries aim to eliminate the diseases by 2020. Migration f...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2019-05-01
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Series: | Infectious Diseases of Poverty |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40249-019-0547-3 |