Is onchocerciasis elimination in Africa feasible by 2025: a perspective based on lessons learnt from the African control programmes
Abstract Background Onchocerciasis is found predominantly in Africa where large scale vector control started in 1974. Registration and donation of ivermectin by Merck & Co in 1987 enabled mass treatment with ivermectin in all endemic countries in Africa and the Americas. Although elimination of...
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2018-07-01T00:00:00Z.
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