Relationship between oral declaration on adherence to ivermectin treatment and parasitological indicators of onchocerciasis in an area of persistent transmission despite a decade of mass drug administration in Cameroon

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Wanji, Samuel ^a,b   Kengne Ouafo, Jonas A ^a,b   Esum, Mathias E ^a,b   Chounna, Patrick W N ^a,b   Adzemye, Bridget F ^a,b   Eyong, Joan E E ^b,d   Jato, Isaac ^c   Datchoua Poutcheu, Fabrice R ^a,b   Abong, Raphael A ^a,b   Enyong, Peter ^a,c   Taylor, David W ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BUEA   (Cameroon)

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

^c Tropical Medicine Research Station   (Cameroon)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BAMENDA   (Cameroon)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adherence; Ivermectin; MDA; Onchocerciasis; Oral declaration; Parasitological indicators; Transmission

Indexed keywords

IVERMECTIN; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CAMEROON; CHILD; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; MICROFILARIA; NONHUMAN; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PARASITE CONTROL; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE LOAD; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SKIN EXAMINATION; SKIN NODULE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREND STUDY; ANIMAL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SKIN;

ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; CAMEROON; HUMANS; IVERMECTIN; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PREVALENCE; SKIN; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84952316479     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13071-015-1283-6     Document Type: Article

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