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Impact of repeated ivermectin treatments against onchocerciasis on the transmission of loiasis: an entomologic evaluation in central Cameroon

Overview of attention for article published in Parasites & Vectors, September 2013
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Title
Impact of repeated ivermectin treatments against onchocerciasis on the transmission of loiasis: an entomologic evaluation in central Cameroon
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Parasites & Vectors, September 2013
DOI 10.1186/1756-3305-6-283
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Marc K Kouam, Jules B Tchatchueng-Mbougua, Maurice Demanou, Michel Boussinesq, Sébastien DS Pion, Joseph Kamgno

Abstract

Annual community-directed treatment with ivermectin (CDTI) have been carried out since 1999 in the Lekie division (central region of Cameroon where most cases of Loa-related post ivermectin severe adverse events were reported) as part of the joined activities of the African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control (APOC) and Mectizan® Donation Program (MDP). As large-scale administration of ivermetine was demonstrated to be an efficient means to control loiasis transmission, it was hypothesized that CDTI would have lowered or halted the transmission of Loa loa in the Lekie division after 13 years of annual drug administration, indicating a possible reduction in the occurrence of Loa-related post-ivermectin severe adverse events.

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Unknown 40 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 9 23%
Student > Ph. D. Student 7 18%
Student > Bachelor 6 15%
Professor > Associate Professor 3 8%
Student > Master 3 8%
Other 5 13%
Unknown 7 18%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 9 23%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 9 23%
Social Sciences 2 5%
Immunology and Microbiology 2 5%
Nursing and Health Professions 1 3%
Other 6 15%
Unknown 11 28%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 1. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 31 August 2014.
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#17,699,064
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#3,793
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#146,035
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#40
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