Filarial infection during pregnancy has profound consequences on immune response and disease outcome in children: A birth cohort study.

BACKGROUND:Current Global Program to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis (GPELF) that prohibits pregnant mothers and children below two years of age from coverage targeted interruption of transmission after 5-6 rounds of annual mass drug administration (MDA). However, after more than 10 rounds of MDA in...

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Main Authors: Madhusmita Bal, Manoranjan Ranjit, Ashok K Satapathy, Hemant K Khuntia, Sanghamitra Pati
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-09-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6173457?pdf=render