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Lymphatic filariasis and onchocerciasis
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Lymphatic Filariasis in the Philippines
Parasitology Today, 2000Lymphatic filariasis caused by Wuchereria bancrofti and Brugia malayi is endemic throughout most of the southern half of the Philippine archipelago. Economic and manpower shortages prior to 1996 made it difficult to acquire new prevalence data and vector control data concurrently from all provinces.
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