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- Title
Reduction in acute filariasis morbidity during a mass drug administration trial to eliminate lymphatic filariasis in Papua New Guinea.
- Authors
Tisch, Daniel J; Alexander, Neal D E; Kiniboro, Benson; Dagoro, Henry; Siba, Peter M; Bockarie, Moses J; Alpers, Michael P; Kazura, James W
- Abstract
Acute painful swelling of the extremities and scrotum are debilitating clinical manifestations of Wuchereria bancrofti infection. The ongoing global program to eliminate filariasis using mass drug administration is expected to decrease this and other forms of filarial morbidity in the future by preventing establishment of new infections as a consequence of eliminating transmission by the mosquito vector. We examined whether mass treatment with anti-filarial drugs has a more immediate health benefit by monitoring acute filariasis morbidity in Papua New Guinean communities that participated in a 5-year mass drug administration trial.
- Publication
PLoS neglected tropical diseases, 2011, Vol 5, Issue 7, pe1241
- ISSN
1935-2735
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1371/journal.pntd.0001241