Progress towards lymphatic filariasis elimination in Ghana from 2000-2016: Analysis of microfilaria prevalence data from 430 communities

NK Biritwum; Kwadwo Frempong; Suzanne Verver; S Odoom; B Alomatu; O Asiedu; Peri Kontoroupis; A Yeboah; ET Hervie; B Marfo; DA Boakye; Sake de Vlas; J O Gyapong; Wilma Stolk

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0007115

Progress towards lymphatic filariasis elimination in Ghana from 2000-2016: Analysis of microfilaria prevalence data from 430 communities

NK Biritwum
, Kwadwo Frempong
, Suzanne Verver
, S Odoom
, B Alomatu
, O Asiedu
, Peri Kontoroupis
, A Yeboah
, ET Hervie
, B Marfo
, DA Boakye
, Sake de Vlas
, J O Gyapong
, Wilma Stolk

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Article number	e0007115
Journal	PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases (print)
Volume	13
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007115
Publication status	Published - 2019

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Biritwum, NK., Frempong, K., Verver, S., Odoom, S., Alomatu, B., Asiedu, O., Kontoroupis, P., Yeboah, A., Hervie, ET., Marfo, B., Boakye, DA., de Vlas, S., Gyapong, J. O., & Stolk, W. (2019). Progress towards lymphatic filariasis elimination in Ghana from 2000-2016: Analysis of microfilaria prevalence data from 430 communities. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases (print), 13(8), Article e0007115. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007115

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