The Cost of Annual versus Biannual Community-Directed Treatment of Onchocerciasis with Ivermectin: Ghana as a Case Study

BACKGROUND: It has been proposed that switching from annual to biannual (twice yearly) mass community-directed treatment with ivermectin (CDTI) might improve the chances of onchocerciasis elimination in some African foci. However, historically, relatively few communities have received biannual treat...

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Autores principales: Turner, Hugo C., Osei-Atweneboana, Mike Y., Walker, Martin, Tettevi, Edward J., Churcher, Thomas S., Asiedu, Odame, Biritwum, Nana-Kwadwo, Basáñez, María-Gloria
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3777881/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24069497
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002452

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3777881/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24069497
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002452

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