Impact of repeated annual community directed treatment with ivermectin on loiasis parasitological indicators in Cameroon: Implications for onchocerciasis and lymphatic filariasis elimination in areas co-endemic with Loa loa in Africa.

• Main Authors: Samuel Wanji (Author), Winston Patrick Chounna Ndongmo (Author), Fanny Fri Fombad (Author), Jonas Arnaud Kengne-Ouafo (Author), Abdel Jelil Njouendou (Author), Yolande Flore Longang Tchounkeu (Author), Benjamin Koudou (Author), Moses Bockarie (Author), Grace Fobi (Author), Jean Baptiste Roungou (Author), Peter A Enyong (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2018-09-01T00:00:00Z.
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BACKGROUND:Loiasis is a filarial infection endemic in the rainforest zone of west and central Africa particularly in Cameroon, Gabon, Republic of Congo, and Democratic Republic of the Congo. Repeated treatments with ivermectin have been delivered using the annual community directed treatment with iv...