Does onchocerciasis transmission take place in hypoendemic areas? A study from the North Region of Cameroon

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 645-652

  Katabarwa, Moses N ^a   Eyamba, Albert ^a   Chouaibou, Mouhamadou ^a   Enyong, Peter ^b   Kuété, Thomas ^c   Yaya, Souleymanou ^d   Yougouda, Abdoulaye ^d   Baldiagaï, Jean ^d   Madi, Kambaba ^d   Andze, Gervais Ondobo ^d   Richards, Frank ^a  

^a CARTER CENTER   (United States)

^b Research Foundation for Tropical Diseases and Environment   (Cameroon)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DOUALA   (Cameroon)

^d MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Control; Elimination; Hypoendemicity; Meso hyperendemicity; Onchocerciasis; Transmission

Indexed keywords

IVERMECTIN;

BLINDNESS; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; MORBIDITY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CAMEROON; CHILD; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LARVAL STAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROFILARIA; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PARASITE EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; ANTINEMATODAL AGENTS; CAMEROON; CHILD; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IVERMECTIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONCHOCERCA; ONCHOCERCIASIS; YOUNG ADULT;

CAMEROON;

ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; SIMULIUM NIGRICOXUM;

EID: 77950639026     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2010.02501.x     Document Type: Article

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