Rapid suppression of Onchocerca volvulus transmission in two communities of the Southern Chiapas focus, Mexico, achieved by quarterly treatments with Mectizan

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 239-244

  Rodríguez Pérez, Mario A ^a   Lutzow Steiner, Miguel A ^b   Segura Cabrera, Aldo ^a   Lizarazo Ortega, Cristian ^a   Domínguez Vázquez, Alfredo ^c   Sauerbrey, Mauricio ^c   Richards Jr , Frank ^d   Unnasch, Thomas R ^e   Hassan, Hassan K ^e   Hernández Hernández, Raymundo ^f  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^b Centro Nacional de Vigilancia Epidemiológica Y Control de Enfermedades   (Mexico)

^c Onchocerciasis Elimination Program for the Americas   (Guatemala)

^d CARTER CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^f SECRETARÍA DE SALUD   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IVERMECTIN;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FLY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEXICO; MICROFILARIA (NEMATODE LARVA); NONHUMAN; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PARASITE CONTROL; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; SKIN BIOPSY; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS;

EID: 49449087482     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2008.79.239     Document Type: Article

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