Elimination of Onchocercia volvulus transmission in the Santa Rosa focus of Guatemala

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 334-341

  Lindblade, Kim A ^a   Arana, Byron ^a   Zea Flores, Guillermo ^b   Rizzo, Nidia ^a   Porter, Charles H ^c   Dominguez, Alfredo ^b   Cruz Ortiz, Nancy ^a   Unnasch, Thomas R ^d   Punkosdy, George A ^e   Richards, Jane ^a   Sauerbrey, Mauricio ^b   Castro, Julio ^f   Catú, Eduard ^f   Oliva, Orlando ^b   Richards Jr , Frank O ^g  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DEL VALLE DE GUATEMALA   (Guatemala)

^b Onchocerciasis Elimination Program for the Americas   (Guatemala)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^d Division of Infectious Diseases   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^f Ministerio de Salud Y Asistencia Publica   (Guatemala)

^g CARTER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4 ANTIBODY; IVERMECTIN; RECOMBINANT ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GUATEMALA; HEALTH HAZARD; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROFILARIA; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ANIMAL; BLOOD; DISEASE CARRIER; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FLY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY;

ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; SIMULIUM OCHRACEUM;

ANIMALS; CHILD; ENDEMIC DISEASES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GUATEMALA; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INSECT VECTORS; MALE; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; ONCHOCERCIASIS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SIMULIIDAE;

EID: 34848914057     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2007.77.334     Document Type: Article

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