Onchocerciasis in the Ntui Health District of Cameroon: epidemiological, entomological and parasitological findings in relation to elimination prospects

BACKGROUND: Despite decades of community-directed treatment with ivermectin (CDTI), onchocerciasis transmission persists in Cameroon and has been associated with increased risk for epilepsy in endemic communities. We investigated the onchocerciasis situation in the Ntui Health District (a known onch...

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Autores principales: Siewe Fodjo, Joseph Nelson, Ngarka, Leonard, Njamnshi, Wepnyu Yembe, Enyong, Peter Ayuk, Zoung-Kanyi Bissek, Anne-Cécile, Njamnshi, Alfred Kongnyu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2022
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9702945/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36443885
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-022-05585-0

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9702945/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36443885
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-022-05585-0

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