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Lymphatic filariasis: A preventable disease.
Lymphatic filariasis (LF) patients make shell decorations in a rehabilitation group in Tamil Nadu, India. Since 2000, global efforts have been underway to eliminate the spread of LF, a parasitic infection that is a leading cause of permanent and long-term disability worldwide. As a result of these global efforts, an estimated US$21.8 billion will be gained among individuals benefiting from the first eight years of the Global Programme to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis (GPELF), and an additional US$2.2 billion will be saved by the health systems of endemic countries (see Chu et al., 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000708).
Image Credit: GlaxoSmithKline
Citation: (2010) PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases Issue Image | Vol. 4(6) June 2010. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 4(6): ev04.i06. https://doi.org/10.1371/image.pntd.v04.i06
Published: June 29, 2010
Copyright: © 2010 Chu et al.. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Lymphatic filariasis (LF) patients make shell decorations in a rehabilitation group in Tamil Nadu, India. Since 2000, global efforts have been underway to eliminate the spread of LF, a parasitic infection that is a leading cause of permanent and long-term disability worldwide. As a result of these global efforts, an estimated US$21.8 billion will be gained among individuals benefiting from the first eight years of the Global Programme to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis (GPELF), and an additional US$2.2 billion will be saved by the health systems of endemic countries (see Chu et al., 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000708).
Image Credit: GlaxoSmithKline