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PLoS Neglected Tropical DiseasesVolume 8, Issue 6, June 2014, Article number e2759

African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control 1995-2015: Updated Health Impact Estimates Based on New Disability Weights(Article)(Open Access)

  • Coffeng, L.E.,
  • Stolk, W.A.,
  • Zouré, H.G.M.,
  • Veerman, J.L.,
  • Agblewonu, K.B.,
  • Murdoch, M.E.,
  • Noma, M.,
  • Fobi, G.,
  • Richardus, J.H.,
  • Bundy, D.A.P.,
  • Habbema, D.,
  • de Vlas, S.J.,
  • Amazigo, U.V.
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  • aDepartment of Public Health, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands
  • bAfrican Programme for Onchocerciasis Control, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
  • cSchool of Population Health, The University of Queensland, Herston, Australia
  • dDepartment of Dermatology, Watford General Hospital, Watford, United Kingdom
  • eHuman Development Network, The World Bank, Washington, DC, United States
  • fIndependent Consultant, Enugu, Nigeria

Abstract

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Indexed keywords

EMTREE drug terms:ivermectin
EMTREE medical terms:Africaarticleblindnessdeformitydisabilitydisease controlepilepsyhealth impact assessmenthealth programhumaninsomniamortalitynonhumanOnchocerca volvulusonchocerciasispathogen loadpruritusquality of lifevisual impairmentAfrica south of the Saharacomplicationepidemiologyinfection controlonchocerciasisprocedurespruritusVision Disorders
MeSH:Africa South of the SaharaCommunicable Disease ControlDisability EvaluationHumansOnchocerciasisPruritusVision Disorders

Chemicals and CAS Registry Numbers:

ivermectin, 70288-86-7

  • ISSN: 19352727
  • Source Type: Journal
  • Original language: English
  • DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002759
  • PubMed ID: 24901642
  • Document Type: Article
  • Publisher: Public Library of Science

  Coffeng, L. E.; Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Netherlands;
© Copyright 2017 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.

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