Assessment of the performance of community-directed treatment with ivermectin strategy for the control and elimination of onchocerciasis in Edo State, Nigeria

• Glavni autori: Amenze Oritsemofe Onowhakpor (Autor), Obehi Hilda Okojie (Autor), Victoria A Wagbatsoma (Autor)
• Format: Knjiga
• Izdano: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Teme: article
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Background: Community-directed treatment with ivermectin (CDTI) was developed in the mid 1990's as a solution for the control and elimination of onchocerciasis. It requires that ivermectin be administered continuously over a period of at least 14 years with community involvement before eliminat...