TY - JOUR KW - Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) KW - Lymphatic filariasis KW - Ghana KW - Mass drug administration KW - Treatment AU - Biritwum N AU - Souza DK AU - Marfo B AU - Odoom S AU - Alomatu B AU - Asiedu O AU - Yeboah A AU - Hervie T AU - Mensah E AU - Yikpotey P AU - Koroma J AU - Molyneux DH AU - Bockarie M AU - Gyapong JO AB -

This paper presents an overview of the evolution of the national programme, describes the impact of MDA on the transmission of LF in Ghana, and discusses the challenges encountered in the process.

BT - PLoS neglected tropical diseases C1 -

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28333930?dopt=Abstract

DO - 10.1371/journal.pntd.0005280 IS - 3 J2 - PLoS Negl Trop Dis LA - eng N2 -

This paper presents an overview of the evolution of the national programme, describes the impact of MDA on the transmission of LF in Ghana, and discusses the challenges encountered in the process.

PY - 2017 EP - e0005280 T2 - PLoS neglected tropical diseases TI - Fifteen years of programme implementation for the elimination of lymphatic filariasis in Ghana: Impact of MDA on immunoparasitological indicators. UR - http://journals.plos.org/plosntds/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pntd.0005280&type=printable VL - 11 SN - 1935-2735 ER -