‘Slash and clear’ vector control for onchocerciasis elimination and epilepsy prevention: a protocol of a cluster randomised trial in Cameroonian villages

INTRODUCTION: Onchocerciasis, caused by the filarial nematode Onchocerca volvulus, remains endemic in Cameroon despite decades of community-directed treatment with ivermectin (CDTI). CDTI is often hampered by coendemicity with loiasis (another filariasis caused by Loa loa) in some areas. Strong epid...

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Autores principales: Siewe Fodjo, Joseph Nelson, Vieri, Melissa Krizia, Ngarka, Leonard, Njamnshi, Wepnyu Y, Nfor, Leonard N, Mengnjo, Michel Karngong, Hendy, Adam, Enyong, Peter A, Palmer, Dennis, Basanez, Maria-Gloria, Colebunders, Robert, Njamnshi, Alfred K
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2021
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Public Health
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8413955/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34475178
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-050341

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8413955/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34475178
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-050341

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