National mass drug administration costs for lymphatic filariasis elimination.

National mass drug administration costs for lymphatic filariasis elimination.

BACKGROUND: Because lymphatic filariasis (LF) elimination efforts are hampered by a dearth of economic information about the cost of mass drug administration (MDA) programs (using either albendazole with diethylcarbamazine [DEC] or albendazole with ivermectin), a multicenter study was undertaken to...

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Main Authors: Ann S Goldman, Victoria H Guisinger, Moses Aikins, Maria Lourdes E Amarillo, Vicente Y Belizario, Bertha Garshong, John Gyapong, Conrad Kabali, Hussein A Kamal, Sanjat Kanjilal, Dominique Kyelem, Jefrey Lizardo, Mwele Malecela, Godfrey Mubyazi, P Abdoulaye Nitièma, Reda M R Ramzy, Thomas G Streit, Aaron Wallace, Molly A Brady, Richard Rheingans, Eric A Ottesen, Anne C Haddix
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2007-01-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2041814?pdf=render

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