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

• 主要な著者: Mamadou O Traore (著者), Moussa D Sarr (著者), Alioune Badji (著者), Yiriba Bissan (著者), Lamine Diawara (著者), Konimba Doumbia (著者), Soula F Goita (著者), Lassana Konate (著者), Kalifa Mounkoro (著者), Amadou F Seck (著者), Laurent Toe (著者), Seyni Toure (著者), Jan H F Remme (著者)
• フォーマット: 図書
• 出版事項: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• 主題: 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...