Current Epidemiological Assessment of Bancroftian Filariasis in Tanga Region, Northeastern Tanzania

Current Epidemiological Assessment of Bancroftian Filariasis in Tanga Region, Northeastern Tanzania

Background. Tanzania started a countrywide lymphatic filariasis elimination programme in 2000 adopting the mass drug administration (MDA) strategy. The drug used for the programme was the combination of ivermectin and albendazole. However, there is limited information on the current epidemiological...

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Main Authors:	Happyness J. Mshana, Vito Baraka, Gerald Misinzo, Williams H. Makunde
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Wiley 2016-01-01
Series:	Journal of Tropical Medicine
Online Access:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/7408187
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