Fifteen years of programme implementation for the elimination of Lymphatic Filariasis in Ghana: Impact of MDA on immunoparasitological indicators.

Nana Kwadwo Biritwum; Dziedzom K. de Souza; Benjamin Marfo; Samuel Odoom; Bright Alomatu; Odame Asiedu; Abednego Yeboah; Tei E. Hervie; Ernest O. Mensah; Paul Yikpotey; Joseph B. Koroma; David Molyneux; Moses J. Bockarie; John O. Gyapong

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0005280

Fifteen years of programme implementation for the elimination of Lymphatic Filariasis in Ghana: Impact of MDA on immunoparasitological indicators.

Nana Kwadwo Biritwum
, Dziedzom K. de Souza
, Benjamin Marfo
, Samuel Odoom
, Bright Alomatu
, Odame Asiedu
, Abednego Yeboah
, Tei E. Hervie
, Ernest O. Mensah
, Paul Yikpotey
, Joseph B. Koroma
, David Molyneux
, Moses J. Bockarie
, John O. Gyapong

Tropical Disease Biology

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Original language	English
Article number	e0005280
Pages (from-to)	e0005280
Journal	PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Volume	11
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005280
Publication status	Published - 23 Mar 2017

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Biritwum, N. K., de Souza, D. K., Marfo, B., Odoom, S., Alomatu, B., Asiedu, O., Yeboah, A., Hervie, T. E., Mensah, E. O., Yikpotey, P., Koroma, J. B., Molyneux, D., Bockarie, M. J., & Gyapong, J. O. (2017). Fifteen years of programme implementation for the elimination of Lymphatic Filariasis in Ghana: Impact of MDA on immunoparasitological indicators. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 11(3), e0005280. Article e0005280. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005280

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