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.

• Main Authors: Darin S Evans (Author), Kal Alphonsus (Author), Jon Umaru (Author), Abel Eigege (Author), Emmanuel Miri (Author), Hayward Mafuyai (Author), Carlos Gonzales-Peralta (Author), William Adamani (Author), Elias Pede (Author), Christopher Umbugadu (Author), Yisa Saka (Author), Bridget Okoeguale (Author), Frank O Richards (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2014-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: 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...