Lessons from the Pacific programme to eliminate lymphatic filariasis: a case study of 5 countries.

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Published in BMC Infect Dis on June 12, 2009

Authors

Clare Huppatz1, Corinne Capuano, Kevin Palmer, Paul M Kelly, David N Durrheim

Author Affiliations

1: Hunter New England Population Health Unit, New South Wales Health, Wallsend, Australia. clarehuppatz@yahoo.com

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