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Alternative treatment strategies to accelerate the elimination of onchocerciasis
The use of alternative (or complementary) treatment strategies (ATSs) i.e. differing from annual community-directed treatment with ivermectin (CDTI) is required in some African foci to eliminate onchocerciasis by 2025. ATSs include vector control, biannual or pluriannual CDTI, better timing of CDTI,...
Autores principales: | Boussinesq, Michel, Fobi, Grace, Kuesel, Annette C |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2018
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5881258/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29471342 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/inthealth/ihx054 |
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