Urban lymphatic filariasis in the city of Tanga, Tanzania, after seven rounds of mass drug administration

Acta Tropica

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 692-700

  Mwakitalu, Mbutolwe E ^a   Malecela, Mwele N ^a   Pedersen, Erling M ^b   Mosha, Franklin W ^c   Simonsen, Paul E ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c TUMAINI UNIVERSITY   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Control; Epidemiology; Lymphatic filariasis; Tanga; Tanzania; Urban

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; BM14; CIRCULATING FILARIAL ANTIGEN; IVERMECTIN; PARASITE ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FILARIASIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BED NET; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MASS SCREENING; MICROFILARIA (NEMATODE LARVA); NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARASITE CONTROL; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VECTOR; QUESTIONNAIRE; TANZANIA; URBAN AREA;

TANGA [TANGA (RGA)]; TANGA [TANZANIA]; TANZANIA;

CONTROL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS; TANGA; TANZANIA; URBAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; CHILD; ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL; FEMALE; FILARICIDES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; TANZANIA; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892525391     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: 18736254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2013.10.004     Document Type: Article

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