A success story: Togo is moving toward becoming the first sub-Saharan African nation to eliminate lymphatic filariasis through mass drug administration and countrywide morbidity alleviation

PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2013 Apr 11;7(4):e2080. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002080. Print 2013.
No abstract available

MeSH terms

  • Africa South of the Sahara / epidemiology
  • Animals
  • Elephantiasis, Filarial / drug therapy*
  • Elephantiasis, Filarial / epidemiology
  • Elephantiasis, Filarial / prevention & control*
  • Filaricides / therapeutic use
  • Humans
  • Togo / epidemiology
  • Wuchereria bancrofti / pathogenicity

Substances

  • Filaricides

Grants and funding

This article's authors did not receive any specific funding.