Onchocerciasis: the pre-control association between prevalence of palpable nodules and skin microfilariae.

• Main Authors: Luc E Coffeng (Author), Sébastien D S Pion (Author), Simon O'Hanlon (Author), Simon Cousens (Author), Adenike O Abiose (Author), Peter U Fischer (Author), Jan H F Remme (Author), K Yankum Dadzie (Author), Michele E Murdoch (Author), Sake J de Vlas (Author), María-Gloria Basáñez (Author), Wilma A Stolk (Author), Michel Boussinesq (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The prospect of eliminating onchocerciasis from Africa by mass treatment with ivermectin has been rejuvenated following recent successes in foci in Mali, Nigeria and Senegal. Elimination prospects depend strongly on local transmission conditions and therefore on pre-control infection levels. Pre-con...