Onchocerca volvulus infection and serological prevalence, ocular onchocerciasis and parasite transmission in northern and central Togo after decades of Simulium damnosum s.l. vector control and mass drug administration of ivermectin.
Mass drug administration (MDA) of ivermectin has become the main intervention to control onchocerciasis or "river blindness". In Togo, after many years of MDA, Onchocerca volvulus infection has declined dramatically, and elimination appears achievable, but in certain river basins the curre...
Main Authors: | Kossi Komlan, Patrick S Vossberg, Richard G Gantin, Tchalim Solim, Francois Korbmacher, Méba Banla, Koffi Padjoudoum, Potchoziou Karabou, Carsten Köhler, Peter T Soboslay |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2018-03-01
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Series: | PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5849363?pdf=render |
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