Impact of five annual rounds of mass drug administration with ivermectin on onchocerciasis in Sierra Leone.

Koroma, Joseph B; Sesay, Santigie; Conteh, Abdul; Koudou, Benjamin; Paye, Jusufu; Bah, Mohamed; Sonnie, Mustapha; Hodges, Mary H; Zhang, Yaobi; Bockarie, Moses J

Koroma, Joseph B; Sesay, Santigie; Conteh, Abdul; Koudou, Benjamin; Paye, Jusufu; Bah, Mohamed; Sonnie, Mustapha; Hodges, Mary H; Zhang, Yaobi; Bockarie, Moses J.

Koroma JB; Family Health International (FHI) 360, Ghana Country Office, Accra, Ghana.
Sesay S; National Neglected Tropical Disease Control Programme, Ministry of Health and Sanitation, Freetown, Sierra Leone.
Conteh A; National Neglected Tropical Disease Control Programme, Ministry of Health and Sanitation, Freetown, Sierra Leone.
Koudou B; Centre for Neglected Tropical Diseases, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK.
Paye J; Helen Keller International, Freetown, Sierra Leone.
Bah M; Helen Keller International, Freetown, Sierra Leone.
Sonnie M; Helen Keller International, Freetown, Sierra Leone.
Hodges MH; Helen Keller International, Freetown, Sierra Leone.
Zhang Y; Helen Keller International, Regional Office for Africa, Dakar, Senegal. yzhang@hki.org.
Bockarie MJ; European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP), Medical Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa.

Infect Dis Poverty ; 7(1): 30, 2018 Apr 06.

Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29628019

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Filaricidas/uso terapéutico; Ivermectina/uso terapéutico; Oncocercosis/prevención & control; Adolescente; Adulto; Anciano; Animales; Niño; Preescolar; Femenino; Humanos; Lactante; Masculino; Administración Masiva de Medicamentos; Microfilarias/fisiología; Persona de Mediana Edad; Onchocerca volvulus/crecimiento & desarrollo; Onchocerca volvulus/fisiología; Oncocercosis/epidemiología; Prevalencia; Sierra Leona/epidemiología

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Community-directed drug distributor; Community-directed treatment with ivermectin; Disease elimination; Mass drug administration; Onchocerca volvulus; Onchocerciasis; Onchocerciasis-endemic; Post-conflict; Rapid diagnostic test; Skin snip

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Texto completo: 1 Banco de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Oncocercosis / Ivermectina / Filaricidas Tipo de estudio: Prevalence_studies / Risk_factors_studies Límite: Adolescent / Adult / Aged / Animals / Child / Child, preschool / Female / Humans / Infant / Male País como asunto: Africa Idioma: En Año: 2018 Tipo del documento: Article

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