Does Increasing Treatment Frequency Address Suboptimal Responses to Ivermectin for the Control and Elimination of River Blindness?

Background. Several African countries have adopted a biannual ivermectin distribution strategy in some foci to control and eliminate onchocerciasis. In 2010, the Ghana Health Service started biannual distribution to combat transmission hotspots and suboptimal responses to treatment. We assessed the...

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Autores principales: Frempong, Kwadwo K., Walker, Martin, Cheke, Robert A., Tetevi, Edward Jenner, Gyan, Ernest Tawiah, Owusu, Ebenezer O., Wilson, Michael D., Boakye, Daniel A., Taylor, Mark J., Biritwum, Nana-Kwadwo, Osei-Atweneboana, Mike, Basáñez, María-Gloria
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4872292/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27001801
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciw144

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4872292/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27001801
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciw144

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