Progress towards elimination of onchocerciasis transmission in Mali: A "pre-stop MDA" survey in 18 transmission zones.

• Main Authors: Housseini Dolo (Author), Michel Emmanuel Coulibaly (Author), Moussa Sow (Author), Yaya Ibrahim Coulibaly (Author), Mama Doumbia (Author), Moussa Sangare (Author), Abdoul Sanogo (Author), Benoit Dembele (Author), Boubacar Guindo (Author), Mamadou Coulibaly (Author), Modibo Keita (Author), Lamine Soumaoro (Author), Dansine Diarra (Author), Boubacar Dicko (Author), Louise Hamill (Author), Seydou Doumbia (Author), Hamadoun Sangho (Author), Yacouba Sangare (Author), Yaobi Zhang (Author), Jamie Tallant (Author), Alpha Seydou Yaro (Author), Charles Mackenzie (Author), Thomas B Nutman (Author), Daniel Boakye (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2023-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<h4>Background</h4>Onchocerciasis control activities in Mali began in 1975 with vector larviciding carried out by the Onchocerciasis Control Programme (OCP), followed by the distribution of ivermectin from 1998 until the closure of the OCP in 2002. At that time, epidemiological evaluatio...