From river blindness control to elimination: bridge over troubled water

From river blindness control to elimination: bridge over troubled water

Abstract Background An estimated 25 million people are currently infected with onchocerciasis (a parasitic infection caused by the filarial nematode Onchocerca volvulus and transmitted by Simulium vectors), and 99% of these are in sub-Saharan Africa. The African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control...

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Main Authors: Robert Colebunders, Maria-Gloria Basáñez, Katja Siling, Rory J. Post, Anke Rotsaert, Bruno Mmbando, Patrick Suykerbuyk, Adrian Hopkins
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-03-01
Series:Infectious Diseases of Poverty
Subjects:
Onchocerciasis
Control
Elimination
Monitoring & evaluation
Community drug distributors
Epilepsy
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40249-018-0406-7

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