Interruption of Onchocerca volvulus transmission in Northern Venezuela

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Convit, Jacinto ^a   Schuler, Harland ^a   Borges, Rafael ^a   Olivero, Vimerca ^a   Domínguez Vázquez, Alfredo ^b   Frontado, Hortencia ^c   Grillet, María E ^d  

^a INSTITUTO DE BIOMEDICINA   (Venezuela)

^b Onchocerciasis Elimination Program for the Americas   (Guatemala)

^c Ministerio del Poder Popular para la Salud   (Venezuela)

^d UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Interruption; Ivermectin; Onchocerciasis; Simulium metallicum; Venezuela

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; IVERMECTIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROFILARIA (NEMATODE LARVA); ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIMULIUM; SKIN; TREATMENT DURATION; VENEZUELA;

HEXAPODA; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; SIMULIIDAE; SIMULIUM METALLICUM;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; FEMALE; HEAD; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; IVERMECTIN; MALE; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; ONCHOCERCIASIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIMULIIDAE; VENEZUELA;

EID: 84885011327     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-6-289     Document Type: Article

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