Rapid Assessment of Onchocerciasis Prevalence and a Model for Selecting Communities for Ivermectin Distribution in West Africa

Analysis of the prevalence of onchocerciasis in an area of north-east Nigeria indicates that clinical symptoms are generally good predictors of the rate of onchocerciasis infection and of the mean microfilarial density in infected individuals. However, differences between regions and anomalous commu...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie 1997-06, Vol.286 (1), p.146-154
Hauptverfasser:	Kelly, M.G., Akogun, O.B.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Algorithms Analysis of Variance Biological and medical sciences Diseases caused by nematodes Filariases Helminthic diseases Humans Infectious diseases Ivermectin - therapeutic use Linear Models Mass Screening - methods Mass Screening - statistics & numerical data Medical sciences Models, Statistical Nigeria - epidemiology Onchocerciasis - epidemiology Onchocerciasis - prevention & control Onchocercosis Parasitic diseases Prevalence Risk Assessment Tropical medicine
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