Onchocerca volvulus transmission in the Mbam valley of Cameroon following 16 years of annual community-directed treatment with ivermectin, and the description of a new cytotype of Simulium squamosum

Abstract Background The onchocerciasis focus surrounding the lower Mbam and Sanaga rivers, where Onchocerca volvulus is transmitted by Simulium damnosum s.l. (Diptera: Simuliidae), was historically the largest in the southern regions of Cameroon. Annual community-directed treatment with ivermectin (...

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Autores principales:	Adam Hendy, Meryam Krit, Kenneth Pfarr, Christine Laemmer, Jacobus De Witte, Philippe Nwane, Joseph Kamgno, Hugues C. Nana-Djeunga, Michel Boussinesq, Jean-Claude Dujardin, Rory Post, Robert Colebunders, Sarah O’Neill, Peter Enyong, Alfred K. Njamnshi
Formato:	article
Lenguaje:	EN
Publicado:	BMC 2021
Materias:	Onchocerciasis Elimination Ivermectin Onchocerca volvulus Simulium damnosum Simulium squamosum Infectious and parasitic diseases RC109-216
Acceso en línea:	https://doaj.org/article/3ec07af81cf74bad9316eeaba190b09c
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Onchocerca volvulus transmission in the Mbam valley of Cameroon following 16 years of annual community-directed treatment with ivermectin, and the description of a new cytotype of Simulium squamosum

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