Required duration of mass ivermectin treatment for onchocerciasis elimination in Africa: a comparative modelling analysis

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Stolk, Wilma A ^a   Walker, Martin ^b   Coffeng, Luc E ^a   Basáñez, María Gloria ^b   De Vlas, Sake J ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; Breakpoint; Elimination; Forecasting; Ivermectin; Mass treatment; Mathematical model; Onchocerca volvulus; Onchocerciasis; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

IVERMECTIN; ANTIFILARIAL AGENT;

ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLEARANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG EFFICACY; EPIONCHO MODEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; NONHUMAN; ONCHOCERCIASIS; ONCHOSIM MODEL; PARASITE LOAD; PARASITE SURVIVAL; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREVALENCE; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT DURATION; DISEASE ERADICATION; DRUG THERAPY; PROCEDURES; THEORETICAL MODEL; TIME FACTOR;

AFRICA; DISEASE ERADICATION; DRUG THERAPY; FILARICIDES; IVERMECTIN; MODELS, THEORETICAL; ONCHOCERCIASIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84945187293     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13071-015-1159-9     Document Type: Article

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