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The past matters: estimating intrinsic hookworm transmission intensity in areas with past mass drug administration to control lymphatic filariasis

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Background Current WHO guidelines for soil-transmitted helminth (STH) control focus on mass drug administration (MDA) targeting preschool-aged (pre-SAC) and school-aged children (SAC), with the goal of eliminating STH as a public health problem amongst children. Recently, attention and funding has turned towards the question whether MDA alone can result in the interruption of transmission for STH. The lymphatic filariasis (LF) elimination programme, have been successful in reaching whole comm...

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10.1186/s13071-017-2177-6

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0000-0002-2252-9357
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MSD
Department:
NDM
Sub department:
Big Data Institute
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ORCID:
0000-0003-1510-397X
Publisher:
BMC (part of Springer Nature) Publisher's website
Journal:
Parasites & vectors Journal website
Volume:
10
Issue:
1
Article number:
254
Place of publication:
England
Publication date:
2017-05-23
Acceptance date:
2017-05-05
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EISSN:
1756-3305
ISSN:
1756-3305
Pmid:
28535806
Language:
English
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Pubs id:
1059218
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pubs:1059218
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2020-04-07

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