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Impact of long-term treatment of onchocerciasis with ivermectin in Ecuador: potential for elimination of infection.

Vieira JC, Cooper PJ, Lovato R, Mancero T, Rivera J, Proaño R, López AA, Guderian RH, Guzmán JR.

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Successful control of onchocerciasis with community-based ivermectin distribution in the Rio Santiago focus in Ecuador.

Guderian RH, Anselmi M, Espinel M, Mancero T, Rivadeneira G, Proaño R, Calvopiña HM, Vieira JC, Cooper PJ.

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The Onchocerciasis Elimination Program for the Americas (OEPA).

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After a decade of annual dose mass ivermectin treatment in Cameroon and Uganda, onchocerciasis transmission continues.

Katabarwa M, Eyamba A, Habomugisha P, Lakwo T, Ekobo S, Kamgno J, Kuete T, Ndyomugyenyi R, Onapa A, Salifou M, Ntep M, Richards FO.

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Impact of 3 years ivermectin treatment on onchocerciasis in Yanomami communities in the Brazilian Amazon.

Banic DM, Calvão-Brito RH, Marchon-Silva V, Schuertez JC, de Lima Pinheiro LR, da Costa Alves M, Têva A, Maia-Herzog M.

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Can ivermectin mass treatments eliminate onchocerciasis in Africa?

Winnen M, Plaisier AP, Alley ES, Nagelkerke NJ, van Oortmarssen G, Boatin BA, Habbema JD.

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Onchocerca volvulus: striking decrease in transmission in the Vina valley (Cameroon) after eight annual large scale ivermectin treatments.

Boussinesq M, Prod'hon J, Chippaux JP.

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The effect of 5 years of annual treatment with ivermectin (Mectizan) on the prevalence and morbidity of onchocerciasis in the village of Gami in the Central African Republic.

Kennedy MH, Bertocchi I, Hopkins AD, Meredith SE.

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Serious reactions after mass treatment of onchocerciasis with ivermectin in an area endemic for Loa loa infection.

Gardon J, Gardon-Wendel N, Demanga-Ngangue, Kamgno J, Chippaux JP, Boussinesq M.

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Progress towards the elimination of onchocerciasis as a public-health problem in Uganda: opportunities, challenges and the way forward.

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Reduction in the prevalence and intensity of infection in Onchocerca volvulus microfilariae according to ethnicity and community after 8 years of ivermectin treatment on the island of Bioko, Equatorial Guinea.

Mas J, Ascaso C, Escaramis G, Abellana R, Duran E, Sima A, Sánchez MJ, Nkogo PR, Nguema R, Untoria MD, Echeverria MA, Ardevol MM, de Jiménez Anta MT.

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Effect of semiannual treatments of ivermectin on the prevalence and intensity of Onchocerca volvulus skin infection, ocular lesions, and infectivity of Simulium ochraceum populations in southern Mexico.

Rodriguez-Perez MA, Rodriguez MH, Margeli-Perez HM, Rivas-Alcala AR.

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Polymerase chain reaction monitoring of transmission of Onchocerca volvulus in two endemic states in Mexico.

Rodríguez-Pérez MA, Lilley BG, Domínguez-Vázquez A, Segura-Arenas R, Lizarazo-Ortega C, Mendoza-Herrera A, Reyes-Villanueva F, Unnasch TR.

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Impact of mass treatment of onchocerciasis with ivermectin on the transmission of infection.

Taylor HR, Pacqué M, Muñoz B, Greene BM.

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The effects of long-term community level treatment with ivermectin (Mectizan) on adult Onchocerca volvulus in Latin America.

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Impact of long-term treatment with ivermectin on the prevalence and intensity of soil-transmitted helminth infections.

Moncayo AL, Vaca M, Amorim L, Rodriguez A, Erazo S, Oviedo G, Quinzo I, Padilla M, Chico M, Lovato R, Gomez E, Barreto ML, Cooper PJ.

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[The use of ivermectin in the control of onchocerciasis]

Chippaux JP, Boussinesq M, Prod'hon J.

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Maintaining compliance to ivermectin in communities in two West African countries.

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Non-adherence to community directed treatment with ivermectin for onchocerciasis control in Rungwe district, southwest Tanzania.

Lakwo TL, Gasarasi DB.

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Rapid epidemiological mapping of onchocerciasis in areas of Uganda where Simulium neavei sl is the vector.

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