Interruption of Transmission of Onchocerca volvulus in the Oaxaca Focus, Mexico
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Evidence for suppression of Onchocerca volvulus transmission in the Oaxaca focus in Mexico.
Entomologic and serologic surveys were performed in four sentinel communities in the Oaxaca focus in southern Mexico to assess the level of transmission and exposure incidence to Onchocerca volvulus. All communities have been receiving ivermectin mass treatment twice per year since 1997. In one community, parasite DNA was detected by polymerase chain reaction-enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay i...
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عنوان ژورنال: The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0002-9637,1476-1645
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2010.09-0544