Status of Onchocerciasis transmission after more than a decade of mass drug administration for onchocerciasis and lymphatic filariasis elimination in central Nigeria: challenges in coordinating the stop MDA decision.

• 主要な著者: Darin S Evans (著者), Kal Alphonsus (著者), Jon Umaru (著者), Abel Eigege (著者), Emmanuel Miri (著者), Hayward Mafuyai (著者), Carlos Gonzales-Peralta (著者), William Adamani (著者), Elias Pede (著者), Christopher Umbugadu (著者), Yisa Saka (著者), Bridget Okoeguale (著者), Frank O Richards (著者)
• フォーマット: 図書
• 出版事項: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2014-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• 主題: article
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This study was undertaken in five onchocerciasis/lymphatic filariasis (LF) co-endemic local government areas (LGAs) in Plateau and Nasarawa, Nigeria. Annual MDA with ivermectin had been given for 17 years, 8 of which were in combination with albendazole. In 2008, assessments indicated that LF transm...