Background Lymphatic filariasis is a neglected tropical disease that can cause permanent
disability through disruption of the lymphatic system. This disease is caused by parasitic …

Background Lymphatic filariasis (LF) is one of the neglected tropical diseases targeted for
global elimination by 2020 and to guide elimination efforts countries have, in recent years …

This paper estimates the global burden of lymphatic filariasis based on a review of the
published literature on infection and disease surveys. A method for aggregating and …

Background Lymphatic filariasis (LF) is one of the neglected tropical diseases targeted for
global elimination. The ability to interrupt transmission is, partly, influenced by the underlying …

Lymphatic filariasis remains a major public health problem in Africa and is 1 of the World
Health Organization's 6 diseases targeted for global eradication. However, no detailed maps …

Background In its first 8 years, the Global Programme to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis
(GPELF) achieved an unprecedentedly rapid scale-up:> 1.9 billion treatments with anti …

introduction Lymphatic filariasis (LF) is a mosquitoborne disease, caused by infection with
the nematode species Wuchereria bancrofti, Brugia malayi or B. timori filarial parasites. An …

Background A Global Programme to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis was launched in 2000,
with mass drug administration (MDA) as the core strategy of the programme. After …

Disease maps are becoming increasingly important in infectious disease epidemiology and
control. For lymphatic filariasis, the development of such maps has been hampered in the …

Background India has made great progress towards the elimination of lymphatic filariasis. By
2015, most endemic districts had completed at least five annual rounds of mass drug …