Can ivermectin mass treatments eliminate onchocerciasis in Africa?

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 384-390

  Winnen, M ^a   Plaisier, A P ^a   Alley, E S ^b   Nagelkerke, N J D ^a   Van Oortmarssen, G ^a   Boatin, B A ^b   Habbema, J D F ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Africa; Computer simulation; Forecasting; Ivermectin therapeutic use administration and dosage; Onchocerciasis drug therapy

Indexed keywords

IVERMECTIN;

DISEASE CONTROL; HEALTH CARE; IVERMECTIN; ONCHOCERCIASIS;

ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG EFFECT; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROFILARIA; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; ONCHOCERCIASIS;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; FILARICIDES; HUMANS; IVERMECTIN; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; ONCHOCERCIASIS;

AFRICA;

EID: 0036259246     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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