Interruption of the transmission of Onchocerca volvulus in the Kashoya-Kitomi focus, western Uganda by long-term ivermectin treatment and elimination of the vector Simulium neavei by larviciding

Acta Tropica

Volumn 167, Issue , 2017, Pages 128-136

  Lakwo, T ^a   Garms, R ^b   Wamani, J ^c   Tukahebwa, E M ^a   Byamukama, E ^d,i   Onapa, A W ^e   Tukesiga, E ^f   Katamanywa, J ^g   Begumisa, S ^h   Habomugisha, P ⁱ   Oguttu, D ^a   Richards, F ^j   Unnasch, T R ^k   Katabarwa, M ^j  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Uganda)

^b BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^c Kamwenge District Local Government   (Uganda)

^d Buhweju District Local Government   (Uganda)

^e Envision RTI Neglected Tropical Diseases Control Programme   (Uganda)

^f Kabarole District Local Government   (Uganda)

^g Medical Department   (Uganda)

^h Rubirizi District Local Government   (Uganda)

ⁱ Carter Center Uganda   (Uganda)

^j CARTER CENTER   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

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Author keywords

Interruption; Ivermectin; Larviciding; Long term treatment; Onchocerca volvulus; S. neavei; Uganda

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4 ANTIBODY; IVERMECTIN; LARVICIDAL AGENT; TEMEFOS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIPARASITIC AGENT; INSECTICIDE;

DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISEASE TREATMENT; DISEASE VECTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; IVERMECTIN;

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CHILD; CRAB; DRIED BLOOD SPOT TESTING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERVENTION STUDY; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MICROFILARIA (NEMATODE LARVA); NONHUMAN; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VECTOR; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POTAMONAUTES ALOYSIISABAUDIAE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEROLOGY; SIMULIUM; SIMULIUM NEAVEI; SKIN TEST; UGANDA; VECTOR CONTROL; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INSECT CONTROL; INSECT VECTOR; PROCEDURES; SIMULIIDAE; TRANSMISSION;

UGANDA;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; POTAMONAUTES ALOYSIISABAUDIAE; SIMULIUM NEAVEI;

ANIMALS; ANTIPARASITIC AGENTS; CHILD; HUMANS; INSECT CONTROL; INSECT VECTORS; INSECTICIDES; IVERMECTIN; MICROFILARIAE; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; ONCHOCERCIASIS; SIMULIIDAE; TEMEFOS; UGANDA;

EID: 85007495734     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: 18736254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2016.12.029     Document Type: Article

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