Rapid diagnostic testing for onchocerciasis in Maridi (South Sudan) before and after improving elimination strategies: a repeated cross-sectional survey [version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations]

Rapid diagnostic testing for onchocerciasis in Maridi (South Sudan) before and after improving elimination strategies: a repeated cross-sectional survey [version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations]

Background Maridi County is an onchocerciasis-endemic area in South Sudan. Annual community-directed treatment with ivermectin (CDTi) was instituted in Maridi since the early 2000s, but with low coverage. In 2021, the CDTi programme was strengthened to a six-monthly programme. Additionally, the comm...

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Main Authors: Amber Hadermann, Luís-Jorge Amaral, Stephen Raimon Jada, Yak Yak Bol, Robert Colebunders, Joseph N Siewe Fodjo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: F1000 Research Ltd 2024-03-01
Series:Open Research Europe
Subjects:
Onchocerciasis
Onchocerca volvulus
antibodies
transmission
testing
seroprevalence
eng
Online Access:https://open-research-europe.ec.europa.eu/articles/3-206/v2

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