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

• Hauptverfasser: Mamadou O Traore (Verfasst von), Moussa D Sarr (Verfasst von), Alioune Badji (Verfasst von), Yiriba Bissan (Verfasst von), Lamine Diawara (Verfasst von), Konimba Doumbia (Verfasst von), Soula F Goita (Verfasst von), Lassana Konate (Verfasst von), Kalifa Mounkoro (Verfasst von), Amadou F Seck (Verfasst von), Laurent Toe (Verfasst von), Seyni Toure (Verfasst von), Jan H F Remme (Verfasst von)
• Format: Buch
• Veröffentlicht: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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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...