Onchocerca volvulus transmission in the Mbam valley of Cameroon following 16 years of annual community-directed treatment with ivermectin, and the description of a new cytotype of Simulium squamosum

BACKGROUND: The onchocerciasis focus surrounding the lower Mbam and Sanaga rivers, where Onchocerca volvulus is transmitted by Simulium damnosum s.l. (Diptera: Simuliidae), was historically the largest in the southern regions of Cameroon. Annual community-directed treatment with ivermectin (CDTI) ha...

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Autores principales: Hendy, Adam, Krit, Meryam, Pfarr, Kenneth, Laemmer, Christine, De Witte, Jacobus, Nwane, Philippe, Kamgno, Joseph, Nana-Djeunga, Hugues C., Boussinesq, Michel, Dujardin, Jean-Claude, Post, Rory, Colebunders, Robert, O’Neill, Sarah, Enyong, Peter, Njamnshi, Alfred K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2021
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8561987/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34727965
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-021-05072-y

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8561987/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34727965
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-021-05072-y

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