Onchocerciasis: the pre-control association between prevalence of palpable nodules and skin microfilariae.

The prospect of eliminating onchocerciasis from Africa by mass treatment with ivermectin has been rejuvenated following recent successes in foci in Mali, Nigeria and Senegal. Elimination prospects depend strongly on local transmission conditions and therefore on pre-control infection levels. Pre-con...

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Main Authors: Luc E Coffeng, Sébastien D S Pion, Simon O'Hanlon, Simon Cousens, Adenike O Abiose, Peter U Fischer, Jan H F Remme, K Yankum Dadzie, Michele E Murdoch, Sake J de Vlas, María-Gloria Basáñez, Wilma A Stolk, Michel Boussinesq
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3623701?pdf=render