Elimination within reach: A cross-sectional study highlighting the factors that contribute to persistent lymphatic filariasis in eight communities in rural Ghana

• Corrado Minetti ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Corrado Minetti, Edward J. Tettevi

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Vector Biology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7862-4874

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• Edward J. Tettevi ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Corrado Minetti, Edward J. Tettevi

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Environmental Biology and Health, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research Water Research Institute, Accra, Ghana

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• Frank Mechan,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Vector Biology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom

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• Joaquín M. Prada,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Software, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Mathematics Institute, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom, School of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, United Kingdom

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4699-5931

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• Bright Idun,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Environmental Biology and Health, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research Water Research Institute, Accra, Ghana

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• Nana-Kwadwo Biritwum,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Neglected Tropical Diseases Programme, Ghana Health Service, Accra, Ghana

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• Mike Yaw Osei-Atweneboana,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Environmental Biology and Health, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research Water Research Institute, Accra, Ghana

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• Lisa J. Reimer

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: lisa.reimer@lstmed.ac.uk

  Affiliation Department of Vector Biology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom

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