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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Veröffentlicht in:	PLoS neglected tropical diseases 2011-10, Vol.5 (10), p.e1346-e1346
Hauptverfasser:	Richards, Frank O, Eigege, Abel, Miri, Emmanuel S, Kal, Alphonsus, Umaru, John, Pam, Davou, Rakers, Lindsay J, Sambo, Yohanna, Danboyi, Jacob, Ibrahim, Bako, Adelamo, Solomon E, Ogah, Gladys, Goshit, Danjuma, Oyenekan, O Kehinde, Mathieu, Els, Withers, P Craig, Saka, Yisa A, Jiya, Jonathan, Hopkins, Donald R
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Adult Aged Aged, 80 and over Albendazole - administration & dosage Animals Antigens, Helminth - blood Child Child, Preschool Control Distribution Drug Therapy, Combination - methods Elephantiasis, Filarial - drug therapy Elephantiasis, Filarial - epidemiology Elephantiasis, Filarial - prevention & control Elephantiasis, Filarial - transmission Female Females Filariasis Filaricides - administration & dosage Humans Incidence Infection control Infections Initiatives Ivermectin - administration & dosage Local government Male Medicine Middle Aged Mosquitoes Nigeria - epidemiology Tropical diseases Worms Wuchereria bancrofti - isolation & purification Young Adult
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