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Seventh meeting of the Global Alliance to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis: reaching the vision by scaling up, scaling down, and reaching out [PDF]

Parasites & Vectors, 2014
This report summarizes the 7th meeting of the Global Alliance to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis (GAELF), Washington DC, November 18–19, 2012. The theme, “A Future Free of Lymphatic Filariasis: Reaching the Vision by Scaling Up, Scaling Down and Reaching ...
Molly Brady, the Global Alliance to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis   +1 more
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Strategies to control Yaws and other Neglected Tropical Diseases in the South Pacific Islands / Estrategias para el control del Pián y otras Enfermedades Tropicales Desatendidas en Islas del Pacífico Sur [PDF]

, 2012
Every year, through mass drug administration (MDA), hundreds of millions of the world’s poorest people receive a single annual dose of one or more drugs to eliminate certain parasitic worm or bacterial infections.
Mitjà Villar, Oriol
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Are we nearly there yet? Coverage and compliance of mass drug administration for lymphatic filariasis elimination. [PDF]

, 2015
Lymphatic filariasis has been targeted for elimination by 2020, and a threshold of 65% coverage of mass drug administration (MDA) has been adopted by the Global Programme to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis (GPELF).
Alexander, Neal DE
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Reduction in acute filariasis morbidity during a mass drug administration trial to eliminate lymphatic filariasis in Papua New Guinea. [PDF]

, 2011
BACKGROUND: 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 ...
Alexander Neal D. E., James W Kazura, Bockarie, Moses, Daniel J Tisch, Bockarie, Moses J, Tisch, Daniel J., Daniel J. Tisch, Dagoro, H., Kazura, James W, Alpers, Michael Philip, Kiniboro, Benson, Kiniboro Benson, Alexander, Neal DE, Siba, P., Tisch, Daniel J, Henry Dagoro, Kazura, J., Kiniboro, B., Michael P. Alpers, Tisch Daniel J., Michael P Alpers, Neal D. E. Alexander, Alpers Michael P., James W. Kazura, Alpers, Michael P, Dagoro, Henry, Peter M. Siba, Moses J. Bockarie, Alexander, N., Alexander, Neal D.E., Alpers, Michael P., Neal D E Alexander, Siba, Peter M, Siba Peter M., Dagoro Henry, Bockarie, M., Kazura James W., Tisch, D., Siba, Peter M., Kazura, James W., Moses J Bockarie, Peter M Siba, Bockarie Moses J., Benson Kiniboro   +43 more
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How effective is integrated vector management against malaria and lymphatic filariasis where the diseases are transmitted by the same vector? [PDF]

, 2014
The opportunity to integrate vector management across multiple vector-borne diseases is particularly plausible for malaria and lymphatic filariasis (LF) control where both diseases are transmitted by the same vector.
Stone, C., Chitnis, N., Chitnis, Nakul, Stone, Christopher M., Nakul Chitnis (187823), Lindsay, S.W., Christopher M. Stone (461877), Lindsay, Steve W., Steve W Lindsay, Nakul Chitnis, Christopher M Stone, Steve W. Lindsay (458382)   +11 more
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Developing eradication investment cases for onchocerciasis, lymphatic filariasis, and human African trypanosomiasis : rationale and main challenges [PDF]

, 2013
An EIC is essentially an economic composite assessment in the broader meaning of economics, addressing thus all three fundamental economics questions. An EIC in fact answers: 1) the ‘‘What’’ question, that compares remaining in control mode versus moving
Steinmann, Peter, Marcel Tanner, Peter Steinmann, de Savigny, Don, Tediosi, Fabrizio, Fabrizio Tediosi, Don de Savigny, María Gloria Basáñez, Tanner, Marcel   +8 more
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Lymphatic Filariasis Control in Tanzania: Effect of Six Rounds of Mass Drug Administration with Ivermectin and Albendazole on Infection and Transmission. [PDF]

, 2013
Control of lymphatic filariasis (LF) in most countries of sub-Saharan Africa is based on annual mass drug administration (MDA) with a combination of ivermectin and albendazole, in order to interrupt transmission. We present findings from a detailed study
Simonsen, Paul E, Mwele N Malecela, Derua, Yahya A, William N Kisinza, Paul E Simonsen, Pedersen, Erling M, Kisinza, William N, Yahya A Derua, Malecela, Mwele N., Derua, Yahya A., Kisinza, William N., Malecela, Mwele N, Magesa, Stephen M., Pedersen, Erling Møller, Stephen M Magesa, Erling M Pedersen, Magesa, Stephen M, Simonsen, Paul Erik   +17 more
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A review of factors that influence individual compliance with mass drug administration for elimination of lymphatic filariasis. [PDF]

, 2013
BACKGROUND: The success of programs to eliminate lymphatic filariasis (LF) depends in large part on their ability to achieve and sustain high levels of compliance with mass drug administration (MDA). This paper reports results from a comprehensive review
Fischer, Peter U, Gary J Weil, Krentel, Alison, Weil, Gary J, Gary J. Weil (107560), Alison Krentel, Peter U. Fischer (107554), Peter U Fischer, Alison Krentel (488333)   +8 more
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What is needed to eradicate lymphatic filariasis? : A model-based assessment on the impact of scaling up mass drug administration programs [PDF]

, 2015
Lymphatic filariasis (LF) is a neglected tropical disease for which more than a billion people in 73 countries are thought to be at-risk. At a global level, the efforts against LF are designed as an elimination program. However, current efforts appear to
Peter Steinmann, Stone, Christopher M., Peter Steinmann (92572), Christopher M. Stone (461877), Fabrizio Tediosi (247282), Marcel Tanner (33894), Steinmann, Peter, Marcel Tanner, Tediosi, Fabrizio, Kastner, Randee J., Christopher M Stone, Fabrizio Tediosi, Randee J Kastner, Randee J. Kastner (811800), Tanner, Marcel   +14 more
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Upon entering an age of global ivermectin-based integrated mass drug administration for neglected tropical diseases and malaria

Malaria Journal, 2017
Ivermectin mass drug administration (MDA) in humans to reduce malaria vectors is yet another use for this remarkable medicine whose discoverers shared the 2015 Nobel Prize in Medicine with the discoverer of artemisinin.
Frank O. Richards
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