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The authors are in receipt of funding from GlaxoSmithKline for evaluating lymphatic filariasis control programs. The first author is in receipt of a WHO-TDR Grant for advocacy research in lymphatic filariasis. Apart from this, the authors had no financial or other interests to disclose.

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