Successful interruption of transmission of Onchocerca volvulus in the Escuintla-Guatemala focus, Guatemala.

• Main Authors: Rodrigo J Gonzalez (Author), Nancy Cruz-Ortiz (Author), Nidia Rizzo (Author), Jane Richards (Author), Guillermo Zea-Flores (Author), Alfredo Domínguez (Author), Mauricio Sauerbrey (Author), Eduardo Catú (Author), Orlando Oliva (Author), Frank O Richards (Author), Kim A Lindblade (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND: Elimination of onchocerciasis (river blindness) through mass administration of ivermectin in the six countries in Latin America where it is endemic is considered feasible due to the relatively small size and geographic isolation of endemic foci. We evaluated whether transmission of oncho...