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Distinguishing recrudescence from reinfection in lymphatic filariasis.
EBioMedicine - 1 Jul 2024
Choi Young-Jun, Fischer Kerstin, Méité Aboulaye, Koudou Benjamin G, Fischer Peter U, Mitreva Makedonka
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BACKGROUND: The Global Program to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis (GPELF) is the largest public health program based on mass drug administration (MDA). Despite decades of MDA, ongoing transmission in some countries remains a challenge. To optimise interventions, it is critical to differentiate between recrudescence and new infections. Since adult filariae are inaccessible in humans, deriving a method that relies...
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