Interruption of the transmission of Onchocerca volvulus in the Kashoya-Kitomi focus, western Uganda by long-term ivermectin treatment and elimination of the vector Simulium neavei by larviciding.

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• Publication year

  2017

• Venue

  Acta Tropica

• Publication date

  2017-03-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1016/j.actatropica.2016.12.029PMID 28034767
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