Combined benefits of annual mass treatment with ivermectin and cattle zooprophylaxis on the severity of human onchocerciasis in northern Cameroon

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 715-725

  Seidenfaden, R ^a   Fischer, A ^a   Bonow, I ^b   Ekale, D ^c   Tanya, V ^d   Renz, A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^c Programme Onchocercoses Ngaoundéré   (Cameroon)

^d INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH FOR DEVELOPMENT IRAD   (Cameroon)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cameroon; Crossprotection; Ivermectin; Onchocerca; Simulium damnosum; Zooprophylaxis

Indexed keywords

IVERMECTIN;

CATTLE; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE VECTOR; IVERMECTIN; ONCHOCERCIASIS;

ARTICLE; CAMEROON; CATTLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; ONCHOCERCIASIS;

ANIMALS; CAMEROON; CATTLE; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; FILARICIDES; HUMANS; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; INSECT VECTORS; IVERMECTIN; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PREVALENCE; SIMULIIDAE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

CAMEROON;

BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; FILARIA; ONCHOCERCA; ONCHOCERCA OCHENGI; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; SIMULIUM DAMNOSUM;

EID: 0034851712     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.2001.00771.x     Document Type: Article

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