Successful control of onchocerciasis with community-based ivermectin distribution in the Rio Santiago focus in Ecuador

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 2, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 982-988

  Guderian, R H ^a,b   Anselmi, M ^c   Espinel, M ^b   Mancero, T ^a,b   Rivadeneira, G ^a   Proano R ^b   Calvopina H M ^b   Vieira, J C ^b   Cooper, P J ^b  

^a MINISTERIO DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Ecuador)

^b HOSPITAL VOZANDES   (Ecuador)

^c Ctro Epidemiologia Comunitaria M   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

community based control; ivermectin; Onchocerca volvulus; PCR

Indexed keywords

IVERMECTIN;

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; IVERMECTIN; ONCHOCERCIASIS;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECUADOR; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE;

ECUADOR;

ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS;

EID: 0030864756     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.1997.d01-158.x     Document Type: Article

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