Post-elimination surveillance in formerly onchocerciasis endemic focus in Southern Mexico.

• Main Authors: Nadia A Fernández-Santos (Author), Thomas R Unnasch (Author), Isabel C Rodríguez-Luna (Author), Francisco Gibert Prado-Velasco (Author), Adebiyi A Adeniran (Author), Humberto Martínez-Montoya (Author), Mario A Rodríguez-Pérez (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND:All formerly endemic communities of the Southern Chiapas focus of onchocerciasis in Mexico were treated with ivermectin until parasite transmission was eliminated by 2015. Transmission of onchocerciasis did not resume during a period of three years (2012-2014) following the final distribu...