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Mass drug treatment for elephantiasis is affordable compared with other public health programs

Once-yearly administration of two antiparasitic drugs to control lymphatic filariasis (elephantiasis) costs just $0.06 to $2.23 per person treated, making it comparatively inexpensive, according to a major new international study of treatment costs.

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