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The Health and Economic Burdens of Lymphatic Filariasis Prior to Mass Drug Administration Programs
Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2019 Background The Global Programme to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis (GPELF) was launched in 2000 with the goal of eliminating lymphatic filariasis (LF) as a public health problem by 2020.
C. Mathew +6 more
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Infectious Diseases of Poverty, 2022 Background Lymphatic filariasis (LF) remains one of the world’s most debilitating parasitic infections and is a major contributor to poor health in many endemic countries. The provision of continuing care for all those affected by LF and its consequences
Suma T. Krishnasastry +2 more
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How Thailand eliminated lymphatic filariasis as a public health problem
Infectious Diseases of Poverty, 2019 BackgroundLymphatic filariasis is endemic in nine of the eleven Member States of the World Health Organization South East Asia Region. This article describes the intensive interventions with the National Programme for Elimination of Lymphatic Filariasis ...
S. Rojanapanus +8 more
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Pathogens, 2019 Lymphatic filariasis, caused by lymphatic filarial parasites, Wuchereria bancrofti, and Brugia malayi, causes significant morbidity and disability to 120 million people in the tropics and subtropics.
Vivornpun Sanprasert +2 more
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Lymphatic Research and Biology, 2019 Background: Lymphedema is a disease of the skin and subcutaneous tissue resulting from a disturbance in lymph flow. Anyone can be affected, and causes include cancer therapy when lymph nodes are removed or irradiated, the parasitic disease lymphatic ...
J. Douglass, L. Kelly-Hope
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Elimination of lymphatic filariasis: current perspectives on mass drug administration
Research and Reports in Tropical Medicine, 2018 Following the London declaration on neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) in 2012 and inspired by the WHO 2020 roadmap to control or eliminate NTDs, the Global Programme to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis (GPELF) intensified preventive chemotherapy and ...
J. Gyapong +4 more
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Averrous: Jurnal Kedokteran dan Kesehatan Malikussaleh, 2020 Filariasis masih menjadi salah satu masalah kesehatan masyarakat di Kabupaten Aceh Utara dan angka kejadian tertinggi tingkat propinsi Aceh. Kecamatan Baktiya paling tinggi angka kejadian di Aceh utara.
Yuziani Yuziani, Mulyati Sri Rahayu
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Infectious Diseases of Poverty, 2019 The Global Programme to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis (GPELF) was launched in response to the call proposed at the 50th World Health Assembly. The goal of the GPELF is to ensure that all the countries where the disease is endemic would have been ...
Yuan Fang, Yi Zhang
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Elimination of lymphatic filariasis in South East Asia
British medical journal, 2019 Expanding treatment options alongside ensuring high coverage of mass drug administration can accelerate progress in elimination of lymphatic filariasis, say Sabine Specht and ...
S. Specht +3 more
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Pathogens, 2019 Blastocystis spp. is one of the most common protozoa of humans and animals worldwide. The genetic diversity of Blastocystis spp. might be associated with a wide range of symptoms.
Nittaya Srichaipon +4 more
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