Implementation of test-and-treat with doxycycline and temephos ground larviciding as alternative strategies for accelerating onchocerciasis elimination in an area of loiasis co-endemicity: the COUNTDOWN consortium multi-disciplinary study protocol

BACKGROUND: Onchocerciasis is a priority neglected tropical disease targeted for elimination by 2025. The standard strategy to combat onchocerciasis is annual Community-Directed Treatment with ivermectin (CDTi). Yet, high prevalence rates and transmission persist following > 12 rounds in South-We...

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Autores principales: Wanji, Samuel, Nji, Theobald Mue, Hamill, Louise, Dean, Laura, Ozano, Kim, Njouendou, Abdel J., Abong, Raphael A., Obie, Elisabeth Dibando, Amuam, Andrew, Ekanya, Relindis, Ndongmo, Winston Patrick Chounna, Ndzeshang, Bertrand L., Fung, Ebua Gallus, Nnamdi, Dum-Buo, Nkimbeng, Desmond Akumtoh, Teghen, Samuel, Kah, Emmanuel, Piotrowski, Helen, Forrer, Armelle, Khan, Jahangir A. M., Woode, Maame E., Niessen, Louis, Watson, Victoria, Njoumemi, Zakariaou, Murdoch, Michele E., Thomson, Rachael, Theobald, Sally, Enyong, Peter, Turner, Joseph D., Taylor, Mark J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
Materias:
Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6894124/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31801631
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-019-3826-8

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6894124/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31801631
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-019-3826-8

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