Impact of ivermectin on onchocerciasis transmission: assessing the empirical evidence that repeated ivermectin mass treatments may lead to elimination/eradication in West-Africa

BACKGROUND: The Onchocerciasis Control Program (OCP) in West Africa has been closed down at the end of 2002. All subsequent control will be transferred to the participating countries and will almost entirely be based on periodic mass treatment with ivermectin. This makes the question whether elimina...

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Main Authors: Borsboom, Gerard JJM, Boatin, Boakye A, Nagelkerke, Nico JD, Agoua, Hyacinthe, Akpoboua, Komlan LB, Alley, E William Soumbey, Bissan, Yeriba, Renz, Alfons, Yameogo, Laurent, Remme, Jan HF, Habbema, J Dik F
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
Publicado em: BioMed Central 2003
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Acesso em linha:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC156613/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12769825
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2883-2-8
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