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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Main Authors: Winnen, M., Plaisier, A. P., Alley, E. S., Nagelkerke, N. J. D., van Oortmarssen, G., Boatin, B. A., Habbema, J. D. F.
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
Publicado: World Health Organization 2002
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Acceso en liña:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2567795/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12077614
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