A practical strategy for responding to a case of lymphatic filariasis post-elimination in Pacific Islands

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Harrington, Humpress ^a   Asugeni, James ^a   Jimuru, Christopher ^a   Gwalaa, John ^a   Ribeyro, Elmer ^a   Bradbury, Richard ^b   Joseph, Hayley ^c   Melrose, Wayne ^c   Maclaren, David ^c   Speare, Rick ^c,d  

^a Atoifi Adventist Hospital   (Solomon Islands)

^b MRC   (Gambia)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d Tropical Health Solutions Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

Atoifi; Elimination; Lymphatic filariasis; Research capacity building; Solomon Islands; Surveillance response; Wuchereria bancrofti

Indexed keywords

DOXYCYCLINE; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS; MALE; SOLOMON ISLANDS; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI; ADOLESCENT; AGED; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CHILD; DISEASE ERADICATION; ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROFILARIA; MIDDLE AGED; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PARASITOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; YOUNG ADULT;

WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA COLLECTION; DISEASE ERADICATION; ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MICROFILARIA; MIDDLE AGED; PACIFIC ISLANDS; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880902732     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-6-218     Document Type: Article

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