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Pattern of community compliance with spaced, single-dose, mass administrations of diethylcarbamazine or ivermectin, for the elimination of lymphatic filariasis from rural areas of southern India

P. VanamailVector Control Research Centre (Indian Council of Medical Research), Medical Complex, Indira Nagar, Pondicherry 605 006, India
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K. D. RamaiahVector Control Research Centre (Indian Council of Medical Research), Medical Complex, Indira Nagar, Pondicherry 605 006, India
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S. SubramanianVector Control Research Centre (Indian Council of Medical Research), Medical Complex, Indira Nagar, Pondicherry 605 006, India
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S. P. PaniVector Control Research Centre (Indian Council of Medical Research), Medical Complex, Indira Nagar, Pondicherry 605 006, India
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J. YuvarajVector Control Research Centre (Indian Council of Medical Research), Medical Complex, Indira Nagar, Pondicherry 605 006, India
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P. K. DasVector Control Research Centre (Indian Council of Medical Research), Medical Complex, Indira Nagar, Pondicherry 605 006, India
Pages 237-242 | Published online: 18 Jul 2013

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