No Evidence for Lymphatic Filariasis Transmission in Big Cities Affected by Conflict Related Rural-Urban Migration in Sierra Leone and Liberia

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  de Souza, Dziedzom K ^a   Sesay, Santigie ^b   Moore, Marnijina G ^c   Ansumana, Rashid ^d,e   Narh, Charles A ^a   Kollie, Karsor ^c   Rebollo, Maria P ^e   Koudou, Benjamin G ^e   Koroma, Joseph B ^e   Bolay, Fatorma K ^f   Boakye, Daniel A ^a   Bockarie, Moses J ^e  

^a University of Ghana   (Ghana)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND SANITATION   (Sierra Leone)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL WELFARE   (Liberia)

^d Mercy Hospital Research Laboratory   (Sierra Leone)

^e LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^f Liberia Institute for Biomedical Research   (Liberia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; IVERMECTIN;

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULEX QUINQUEFASCIATUS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIBERIA; LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SCREENING; SIERRA LEONE; URBAN POPULATION; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; CITIES; CULEX; ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; LIBERIA; MALE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RURAL POPULATION; SIERRA LEONE; WAR; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 84895746399     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002700     Document Type: Article

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