Lymphatic filariasis elimination endgame in an urban Indian setting: the roles of surveillance and residual microfilaremia after mass drug administration

Abstract Background To secure the gains of lymphatic filariasis (LF) elimination programs, attention is needed to the ‘residual microfilaremia phase’, in which high-risk populations may be crucial. The present study documents the impact of mass drug administration (MDA) in the urban Indian setting o...

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Main Authors: Anjali Modi, Keshav G. Vaishnav, Kailash Kothiya, Neal Alexander
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-05-01
Series:Infectious Diseases of Poverty
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s40249-021-00856-x