Impact of four years of large-scale ivermectin treatment with low therapeutic coverage on the transmission of Onchocerca volvulus in the Mbam valley focus, central Cameroon

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 98, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 520-528

  Pion, S D S ^a,b   Clément, Marina C A ^a,c   Boussinesq, M ^a,d  

^a CENTRE PASTEUR DU CAMEROUN   (Cameroon)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^c PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^d INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Cameroon; Ivermectin; Mass treatment; Onchocerca volvulus; Onchocerciasis; Transmission

Indexed keywords

ANTIFILARIAL AGENT; IVERMECTIN; MEBENDAZOLE;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CAMEROON; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FOREST; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROFILARIASIS; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PARASITE EXAMINATION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VECTOR; PREVALENCE; SAVANNA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIMULIUM;

ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; CAMEROON; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IVERMECTIN; MALE; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PREVALENCE; RURAL HEALTH;

ONCHOCERCA; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; SIMULIUM SQUAMOSUM;

EID: 3342928876     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2003.11.010     Document Type: Article

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