The impact of the National Programme to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis on filariasis morbidity in Sri Lanka: Comparison of current status with retrospective data following the elimination of lymphatic filariasis as a public health problem

• Indeewarie E Gunaratna,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation

  Affiliation Anti Filariasis Campaign, Ministry of Health, Colombo, Sri Lanka

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• Nilmini T. G. A Chandrasena ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: nilmini@kln.ac.lk

  Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2010-7636

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• Murali Vallipuranathan,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation

  Affiliation Anti Filariasis Campaign, Ministry of Health, Colombo, Sri Lanka

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• Ranjan Premaratna,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka

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• Dileepa Ediriweera,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Health Data Science Unit, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka

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• Nilanthi R de Silva

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka

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