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Required duration of mass ivermectin treatment for onchocerciasis elimination in Africa: a comparative modelling analysis

BACKGROUND: The World Health Organization (WHO) has set ambitious targets for the elimination of onchocerciasis by 2020–2025 through mass ivermectin treatment. Two different mathematical models have assessed the feasibility of reaching this goal for different settings and treatment scenarios, namely...

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Autores principales: Stolk, Wilma A., Walker, Martin, Coffeng, Luc E., Basáñez, María-Gloria, de Vlas, Sake J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4618738/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26489937
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-015-1159-9