Time series analysis of onchocerciasis data from Mexico: a trend towards elimination.

• Main Authors: Edgar E Lara-Ramírez (Author), Mario A Rodríguez-Pérez (Author), Miguel A Pérez-Rodríguez (Author), Monsuru A Adeleke (Author), María E Orozco-Algarra (Author), Juan I Arrendondo-Jiménez (Author), Xianwu Guo (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND: In Latin America, there are 13 geographically isolated endemic foci distributed among Mexico, Guatemala, Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil and Ecuador. The communities of the three endemic foci found within Mexico have been receiving ivermectin treatment since 1989. In this study, we predicted...