Skin snips have no role in programmatic evaluations for onchocerciasis elimination: a reply to Bottomley et al.

A critique of the recommendation that skin snips be used for post-MDA surveillance of formerly endemic onchocerciasis areas is provided. After considering several fundamental aspects of the use of this methodology within the context of prolonged mass distribution of ivermectin, we argue that skin-sn...

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Autores principales: Eberhard, Mark L., Cupp, Ed W., Katholi, Charles R., Richards, Frank O., Unnasch, Thomas R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
Materias:
Letter to the Editor
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5364671/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28335815
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-017-2090-z

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5364671/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28335815
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-017-2090-z

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