Impact of a bi-annual community-directed treatment with ivermectin programme on the incidence of epilepsy in an onchocerciasis-endemic area of Mahenge, Tanzania: A population-based prospective study

BACKGROUND: Community-directed treatment with ivermectin (CDTi) is used to eliminate onchocerciasis. However, despite 25 years of annual CDTi in Mahenge, Tanzania, the prevalence of onchocerciasis and onchocerciasis-associated epilepsy remained high in certain rural villages. Therefore, in 2019, bi-...

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Autores principales: Bhwana, Dan, Amaral, Luís-Jorge, Mhina, Athanas, Hayuma, Paul Martine, Francis, Filbert, Siewe Fodjo, Joseph N., Mmbando, Bruno P., Colebunders, Robert
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2023
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10335697/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37379350
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011178

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10335697/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37379350
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011178

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