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| 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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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Canada | 1 | 25% |
| South Africa | 1 | 25% |
| Unknown | 2 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 4 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 118 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Brazil | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 116 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 19 | 16% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 19 | 16% |
| Student > Master | 16 | 14% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 9 | 8% |
| Student > Bachelor | 8 | 7% |
| Other | 23 | 19% |
| Unknown | 24 | 20% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 33 | 28% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 21 | 18% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 8 | 7% |
| Social Sciences | 6 | 5% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 5 | 4% |
| Other | 17 | 14% |
| Unknown | 28 | 24% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 3. 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 13 March 2023.
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#2,119
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#75,099
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#18
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