Reducing onchocerciasis-associated morbidity in onchocerciasis-endemic foci with high ongoing transmission: a focus on the children.

Efforts are being directed toward the elimination of onchocerciasis transmission in endemic areas with community-directed treatment with ivermectin (CDTI) in Africa, which greatly reduces onchocerciasis-associated disease. However, onchocerciasis remains a major public health problem in areas of Sou...

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Main Authors: Robert Colebunders, Christoph Kaiser, Maria-Gloria Basáñez, Piero Olliaro, Tom Lakwo, Joseph Nelson Siewe Fodjo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-03-01
Series:International Journal of Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971222000479