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Modelling the impact of larviciding on the population dynamics and biting rates of Simulium damnosum (s.l.): implications for vector control as a complementary strategy for onchocerciasis elimination in Africa

BACKGROUND: In 2012, the World Health Organization set goals for the elimination of onchocerciasis transmission by 2020 in selected African countries. Epidemiological data and mathematical modelling have indicated that elimination may not be achieved with annual ivermectin distribution in all endemi...

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Autores principales: Routledge, Isobel, Walker, Martin, Cheke, Robert A., Bhatt, Samir, Nkot, Pierre Baleguel, Matthews, Graham A., Baleguel, Didier, Dobson, Hans M., Wiles, Terry L., Basañez, Maria-Gloria
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5972405/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29843770
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-018-2864-y