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The Interruption of Transmission of Human Onchocerciasis by an Annual Mass Drug Administration Program in Plateau and Nasarawa States, Nigeria
Plateau and Nasarawa states in central Nigeria were endemic for onchocerciasis. The rural populations of these two states received annual ivermectin mass drug administration (MDA) for a period of 8–26 years (1992–2017). Ivermectin combined with albendazole was given for 8–13 of these years for lymph...
Autores principales: | Richards, Frank O., Eigege, Abel, Umaru, John, Kahansim, Barminas, Adelamo, Solomon, Kadimbo, Jonathan, Danboyi, Jacob, Mafuyai, Hayward, Saka, Yisa, Noland, Gregory S., Anyaike, Chukwuma, Igbe, Michael, Rakers, Lindsay, Griswold, Emily, Unnasch, Thomas R., Nwoke, B. E. B., Miri, Emmanuel |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
2020
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7056427/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32043442 http://dx.doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.19-0577 |
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