Can ivermectin mass treatments eliminate onchocerciasis in Africa?

OBJECTIVE: To elucidate the conditions in which mass treatment with ivermectin reduces the transmission of Onchocerca volvulus sufficiently to eliminate infection from an African community. METHODS: ONCHOSIM, a microsimulation model for onchocerciasis transmission, was used to explore the implicatio...

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Principais autores:	M. Winnen, A.P. Plaisier, E.S. Alley, N.J.D. Nagelkerke, G. van Oortmarssen, B.A. Boatin, J.D.F. Habbema
Formato:	Artigo
Idioma:	Inglês
Publicado em:	The World Health Organization
coleção:	Bulletin of the World Health Organization
Assuntos:	onchocerciasis ivermectin forecasting computer simulation africa
Acesso em linha:	http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0042-96862002000500009&lng=en&tlng=en
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