Modelling Neglected Tropical Diseases diagnostics: the sensitivity of skin snips for Onchocerca volvulus in near elimination and surveillance settings

The African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control has proposed provisional thresholds for the prevalence of microfilariae in humans and of L3 larvae in blackflies, below which mass drug administration (MDA) with ivermectin can be stopped and surveillance started. Skin snips are currently the gold sta...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Parasites & vectors 2016-06, Vol.9 (1), p.343-343, Article 343
Hauptverfasser:	Bottomley, Christian, Isham, Valerie, Vivas-Martínez, Sarai, Kuesel, Annette C, Attah, Simon K, Opoku, Nicholas O, Lustigman, Sara, Walker, Martin, Basáñez, Maria-Gloria
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Animals Cameroon - epidemiology Computational biology Female Ghana - epidemiology Guatemala - epidemiology Humans Ivermectin - therapeutic use Methods Neglected Diseases - diagnosis Neglected Diseases - drug therapy Neglected Diseases - epidemiology Neglected Diseases - parasitology Onchocerca volvulus - isolation & purification Onchocerciasis - diagnosis Onchocerciasis - drug therapy Onchocerciasis - epidemiology Onchocerciasis - parasitology Population Surveillance Sensitivity and Specificity Sentinel health events Skin - parasitology Venezuela - epidemiology
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