Contribution of migrant coffee labourers infected with Onchocerca volvulus to the maintenance of the microfilarial reservoir in an ivermectin-treated area of Mexico

Filaria Journal

Volumn 6, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Rodríguez Pérez, Mario A ^a   Cabrera, Aldo Segura ^a   Ortega, Cristian Lizarazo ^a   Basáñez, Maria Gloria ^b   Davies, John B ^c  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IVERMECTIN;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CHILD; COFFEE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HARVEST PERIOD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEXICO; MICROFILARIA; MIGRANT WORKER; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PARASITE VECTOR; PARITY; POPULATION MIGRATION; PREVALENCE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SIMULIUM;

EID: 39049133351     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2883-6-16     Document Type: Article

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