A Test-and-Not-Treat Strategy for Onchocerciasis Elimination in Loa loa–coendemic Areas: Cost Analysis of a Pilot in the Soa Health District, Cameroon

BACKGROUND: Severe adverse events after treatment with ivermectin in individuals with high levels of Loa loa microfilariae in the blood preclude onchocerciasis elimination through community-directed treatment with ivermectin (CDTI) in Central Africa. We measured the cost of a community-based pilot u...

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Autores principales: Lenk, Edeltraud J, Moungui, Henri C, Boussinesq, Michel, Kamgno, Joseph, Nana-Djeunga, Hugues C, Fitzpatrick, Christopher, Peultier, Anne-Claire M M, Klion, Amy D, Fletcher, Daniel A, Nutman, Thomas B, Pion, Sébastien D, Niamsi-Emalio, Yannick, Redekop, William K, Severens, Johan L, Stolk, Wilma A
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7146010/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31165855
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciz461

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7146010/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31165855
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciz461

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