Eliminating Lymphatic Filariasis: Is it Worth it?

Louis Wilhelmus Niessen^{1

2}, Mark L Taylor¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of International Public Health and Department of Tropical Disease Biology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom.
² Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland.

Comment

Louis Wilhelmus Niessen et al. Clin Infect Dis. 2020.

. 2020 Jun 10;70(12):2568-2569.

doi: 10.1093/cid/ciz674.

Louis Wilhelmus Niessen^{1

2}, Mark L Taylor¹

¹ Department of International Public Health and Department of Tropical Disease Biology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom.
² Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland.

No abstract available

Keywords: MDA; disease burden; economic burden; lymphatic filariasis; treatment.

Comment on

The Health and Economic Burdens of Lymphatic Filariasis Prior to Mass Drug Administration Programs.
Mathew CG, Bettis AA, Chu BK, English M, Ottesen EA, Bradley MH, Turner HC. Mathew CG, et al. Clin Infect Dis. 2020 Jun 10;70(12):2561-2567. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciz671. Clin Infect Dis. 2020. PMID: 31343064 Free PMC article.