Proof-of-principle of onchocerciasis elimination with ivermectin treatment in endemic foci in Africa: final results of a study in Mali and Senegal.

• Main Authors: Mamadou O Traore (Author), Moussa D Sarr (Author), Alioune Badji (Author), Yiriba Bissan (Author), Lamine Diawara (Author), Konimba Doumbia (Author), Soula F Goita (Author), Lassana Konate (Author), Kalifa Mounkoro (Author), Amadou F Seck (Author), Laurent Toe (Author), Seyni Toure (Author), Jan H F Remme (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND: Mass treatment with ivermectin controls onchocerciasis as a public health problem, but it was not known if it could also interrupt transmission and eliminate the parasite in endemic foci in Africa where vectors are highly efficient. A longitudinal study was undertaken in three hyperendem...