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© 2010 David G. Addiss. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited: Addiss DG (2010) Global Elimination of Lymphatic Filariasis: Addressing the Public Health Problem. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 4(6): e741. doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0000741

Abstract

[...]the "public health problem" to which the WHA resolution referred was clinical disease; by itself, the presence of microfilaria in the blood does not constitute a public health problem. [...]perhaps most importantly, it was thought that providing care for those with filariasis-associated morbidity could increase community acceptance of MDA.

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Title
Global Elimination of Lymphatic Filariasis: Addressing the Public Health Problem
Author
Addiss, David G
Section
Expert Commentary
Publication year
2010
Publication date
Jun 2010
Publisher
Public Library of Science
ISSN
19352727
e-ISSN
19352735
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
1288100969
Copyright
© 2010 David G. Addiss. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited: Addiss DG (2010) Global Elimination of Lymphatic Filariasis: Addressing the Public Health Problem. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 4(6): e741. doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0000741