The geographic distribution of onchocerciasis in the 20 participating countries of the African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control: (2) pre-control endemicity levels and estimated number infected

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Zouré, Honorat G M ^a   Noma, Mounkaila ^a   Tekle, Afework H ^a   Amazigo, Uche V ^b   Diggle, Peter J ^c,d   Giorgi, Emanuele ^e   Remme, Jan H F ^f  

^a African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control   (Burkina Faso)

^b General Post Office   (Nigeria)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^e LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f NONE   (France)

Author keywords

APOC; Endemicity level; Geostatistics; Mapping; Onchocercal nodule; Onchocerciasis; REMO

Indexed keywords

IVERMECTIN; ANTIFILARIAL AGENT;

ADULT; AFRICAN; ARTICLE; CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC; CONGO; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; GEOSTATISTICAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROFILARIA; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PALPATION; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION RISK; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; PUBLICATION; SAMPLE SIZE; AFRICA; ANIMAL; DIPTERA; DISEASE CARRIER; EPIDEMIOLOGY;

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

EID: 84904528181     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-7-326     Document Type: Article

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