Filariasis elimination, vector control and eradication challenges: Commentary on Webber, R. Eradication of Wuchereria bancrofti infection through vector control. Trans Roy Soc Trop Med and Hyg 1979;73:722-4.

Molyneux, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8537-7947 (2018) 'Filariasis elimination, vector control and eradication challenges: Commentary on Webber, R. Eradication of Wuchereria bancrofti infection through vector control. Trans Roy Soc Trop Med and Hyg 1979;73:722-4.'. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Vol 112, Issue 11, pp. 476-478.

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Abstract

The selection of this paper from 1979 in the Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene highlights significant issues in relation to neglected tropical disease (NTD) programmes, specifically the Global Programme to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis (LF), and the wider concepts of eradication and elimination. Webber in other papers in the 1970s described the epidemiology of Wuchereria bancrofti filariasis in the Solomon Islands where W. bancrofti and P. falciparum malaria were co-endemic, both transmitted by Anopheles punctulatus complex mosquitoes

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	QX Parasitology > Helminths. Annelida > QX 301 Filarioidea QX Parasitology > Insects. Other Parasites > QX 600 Insect control. Tick control QX Parasitology > Insects. Other Parasites > QX 650 Insect vectors WC Communicable Diseases > Tropical and Parasitic Diseases > WC 880 Filariasis and related conditions (General)
Faculty: Department:	Biological Sciences > Department of Tropical Disease Biology
Digital Object Identifer (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/try082
Depositing User:	Stacy Murtagh
Date Deposited:	05 Nov 2018 11:20
Last Modified:	05 Nov 2018 11:23
URI:	https://archive.lstmed.ac.uk/id/eprint/9571

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