Impact of five annual rounds of mass drug administration with ivermectin on onchocerciasis in Sierra Leone

BACKGROUND: Onchocerciasis is endemic in 12 of the 14 health districts of Sierra Leone. Good treatment coverage of community-directed treatment with ivermectin was achieved between 2005 and 2009 after the 11-year civil conflict. Sentinel site surveys were conducted in 2010 to evaluate the impact of...

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Autores principales: Koroma, Joseph B., Sesay, Santigie, Conteh, Abdul, Koudou, Benjamin, Paye, Jusufu, Bah, Mohamed, Sonnie, Mustapha, Hodges, Mary H., Zhang, Yaobi, Bockarie, Moses J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5890354/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29628019
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40249-018-0410-y

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5890354/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29628019
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40249-018-0410-y

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