Onchocerca volvulus infection in Tihama region - west of Yemen: Continuing transmission in ivermectin-targeted endemic foci and unveiled endemicity in districts with previously unknown status

Onchocerciasis in Yemen is one of the most neglected diseases, where baseline estimates of onchocerciasis and monitoring of the impact of ivermectin regularly administered to the affected individuals on its transmission are lacking. Therefore, this study aimed to determine the anti-Ov16 IgG4 seropre...

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Veröffentlicht in:	PLoS neglected tropical diseases 2018-03, Vol.12 (3), p.e0006329-e0006329
Hauptverfasser:	Mahdy, Mohammed A K, Abdul-Ghani, Rashad, Abdulrahman, Thaker A A, Al-Eryani, Samira M A, Al-Mekhlafi, Abdulsalam M, Alhaidari, Sami A A, Azazy, Ahmed A
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Biology and Life Sciences Children Decision making Demographic aspects Disease transmission Dosage and administration Drug therapy Endemic species Endemism Exposure Funding Health sciences Immunoglobulin G Infections Ivermectin Local communities Medicine Medicine and Health Sciences Onchocerca volvulus Onchocerciasis Organizations Parasitology People and Places Risk factors Serology Simulium Social Sciences Transmission Tropical diseases
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