The geographic distribution of onchocerciasis in the 20 participating countries of the African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control: (1) priority areas for ivermectin treatment

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Noma, Mounkaila ^a   Zouré, Honorat G M ^a   Tekle, Afework H ^a   Enyong, Peter A I ^b   Nwoke, Bertram E B ^c   Remme, Jan H F ^d  

^a African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control   (Burkina Faso)

^b Tropical Medicine Research Station   (Cameroon)

^c IMO STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^d NONE   (France)

Author keywords

APOC; Community directed treatment; High risk areas; Ivermectin; Mapping; Onchocercal nodule; Onchocerciasis; REMO

Indexed keywords

ANTIFILARIAL AGENT; IVERMECTIN;

AFRICA; ANIMAL; DIPTERA; DISEASE CARRIER; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; ONCHOCERCIASIS;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; DIPTERA; DISEASE VECTORS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FILARICIDES; HUMANS; IVERMECTIN; ONCHOCERCIASIS;

EID: 84904519630     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-7-325     Document Type: Article

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