Control of onchocerciasis today: status and challenges

Trends Parasitol. 2001 Dec;17(12):558-63. doi: 10.1016/s1471-4922(01)02112-2.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • News

MeSH terms

  • Africa / epidemiology
  • Americas / epidemiology
  • Animals
  • Blindness / etiology*
  • Filaricides / therapeutic use*
  • Humans
  • Insect Control
  • Ivermectin / therapeutic use*
  • Onchocerca volvulus
  • Onchocerciasis / complications
  • Onchocerciasis / drug therapy
  • Onchocerciasis / epidemiology
  • Onchocerciasis / prevention & control*
  • Prevalence
  • Skin / parasitology
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Filaricides
  • Ivermectin