A SIGNIFICANT STEP TO WARDS LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS ELIMINATION IN CAMEROON: THE DISEASE IS NOT ENDEMIC IN 31 HEALTH DISTRICTS CO-ENDEMIC WITH LOA LOA AND HYPOENDEMIC FOR ONCHOCERCIASIS

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Biholong, Benjamin Didier [1 ]
Mbia, Patrick [2 ]
Akame, Julie [2 ]
Moungui, Henri C. [2 ]
Ayissi, Georges N. [1 ]
Wanji, Samuel [3 ]
Paradis, Michel [2 ]
Reid, Steven D. [4 ]
Zhang, Yaobi [5 ]
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[1] Minist Publ Hlth, Yaounde, Cameroon
[2] Helen Keller Int, Yaounde, Cameroon
[3] Univ Buea, Buea, Cameroon
[4] Helen Keller Int, New York, NY USA
[5] Helen Keller Int, Dakar, Senegal
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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE | 2017年 / 97卷 / 05期
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