Title |
Impact of long-term treatment of onchocerciasis with ivermectin in Kaduna State, Nigeria: first evidence of the potential for elimination in the operational area of the African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control
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Published in |
Parasites & Vectors, February 2012
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DOI | 10.1186/1756-3305-5-28 |
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Authors |
Afework Hailemariam Tekle, Elizabeth Elhassan, Sunday Isiyaku, Uche V Amazigo, Simon Bush, Mounkaila Noma, Simon Cousens, Adenike Abiose, Jan H Remme |
Abstract |
Onchocerciasis can be effectively controlled as a public health problem by annual mass drug administration of ivermectin, but it was not known if ivermectin treatment in the long term would be able to achieve elimination of onchocerciasis infection and interruption of transmission in endemic areas in Africa. A recent study in Mali and Senegal has provided the first evidence of elimination after 15-17 years of treatment. Following this finding, the African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control (APOC) has started a systematic evaluation of the long-term impact of ivermectin treatment projects and the feasibility of elimination in APOC supported countries. This paper reports the first results for two onchocerciasis foci in Kaduna, Nigeria. |
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