The impact of ivermectin on onchocerciasis in villages co-endemic for lymphatic filariasis in an area of onchocerciasis recrudescence in Burkina Faso.

• Main Authors: Achille S Nikièma (Author), Lassane Koala (Author), Apoline K Sondo (Author), Rory J Post (Author), Alain B Paré (Author), Claude M Kafando (Author), Roger S Kambiré (Author), Bazoumana Sow (Author), Clarisse Bougouma (Author), Roch K Dabiré (Author), Soungalo Traoré (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2021-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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In Burkina Faso, onchocerciasis was no longer a public health problem when the WHO Onchocerciasis Control Programme in West Africa closed at the end in 2002. However, epidemiological surveillance carried out from November 2010 to February of 2011, showed a recrudescence of infection in the Cascades...