Onchocerciasis transmission in Ghana: persistence under different control strategies and the role of the simuliid vectors.

• Main Authors: Poppy H L Lamberton (Author), Robert A Cheke (Author), Peter Winskill (Author), Iñaki Tirados (Author), Martin Walker (Author), Mike Y Osei-Atweneboana (Author), Nana-Kwadwo Biritwum (Author), Anthony Tetteh-Kumah (Author), Daniel A Boakye (Author), Michael D Wilson (Author), Rory J Post (Author), María-Gloria Basañez (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2015-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND:The World Health Organization (WHO) aims at eliminating onchocerciasis by 2020 in selected African countries. Current control focuses on community-directed treatment with ivermectin (CDTI). In Ghana, persistent transmission has been reported despite long-term control. We present spatial a...