Lymphedema in three previously Wuchereria bancrofti-endemic health districts in Mali after cessation of mass drug administration.
Housseini DoloYaya Ibrahim CoulibalyFatoumata Nene KonipoSiaka Yamoussa CoulibalySalif Seriba DoumbiaMoussa Brema SangareLamine SoumaoroMichel Emmanuel CoulibalyAbdallah Amadou DialloYaye DiarraModibo SangareSeydou DoumbiaRobert ColebundersThomas B NutmanPublished in: BMC infectious diseases (2020)
Health districts in Mali with the highest pre-MDA LF prevalences had the highest prevalence of lymphedema. Efforts to actively identify lymphedema cases should be scaled up in previous LF-endemic areas, and should be supplemented by a morbidity management and disability prevention plan at the peripheral health system level.