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The interruption of Onchocerca volvulus and Wuchereria bancrofti transmission by integrated chemotherapy in the Obongi focus, North Western Uganda.
| العنوان: | The interruption of Onchocerca volvulus and Wuchereria bancrofti transmission by integrated chemotherapy in the Obongi focus, North Western Uganda. |
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| المؤلفون: | Lakwo Thomson Luroni, Matwale Gabriel, Edridah Tukahebwa, Ambrose Winston Onapa, Benjamin Tinkitina, Ephraim Tukesiga, Michael Nyaraga, Anna Mary Auma, Peace Habomugisha, Edson Byamukama, David Oguttu, Moses Katabarwa, Thomas Raymond Unnasch |
| المصدر: | PLoS ONE, Vol 12, Iss 12, p e0189306 (2017) |
| بيانات النشر: | Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2017. |
| سنة النشر: | 2017 |
| المجموعة: | LCC:Medicine LCC:Science |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Medicine, Science |
| الوصف: | Few studies have documented the interruption of onchocerciasis and Lymphatic Filariasis (LF) by integrated chemotherapy in Uganda. The study describes the interruption of transmission of the two diseases co-endemic in Obongi focus, north western Uganda. Base line data for Onchocerciasis and LF were collected in 1994 and 2006, respectively. Annual mass drug administration for onchocerciasis (Ivermectin) and Lymphatic Filariasis (Ivermectin + albendazole) was conducted for 20 and 6 years, respectively. Thereafter, assessments by skin snip, larval searches in rivers and human landing catches were performed. Children 65% was achieved in the six treatment rounds. Household ownership of ITN's and utilization was 96% and 72.4%., respectively.Parasitological examinations conducted for onchocerciasis among 807 adults and children, revealed a reduction in mf prevalence from 58% in 1994 to 0% in 2012. Entomological monitoring conducted at the two sites had no single Simulium damnosum fly caught. Serological analysis using Ov16 ELISA for onchocerciasis revealed that out of the 3,308 children |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article |
| وصف الملف: | electronic resource |
| اللغة: | English |
| تدمد: | 1932-6203 |
| Relation: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5734780?pdf=render; https://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203 |
| DOI: | 10.1371/journal.pone.0189306 |
| URL الوصول: | https://doaj.org/article/5fba8d4e4eb14ba08abdc47f72671a85 |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edsdoj.5fba8d4e4eb14ba08abdc47f72671a85 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
Full Text Finder | تدمد: | 19326203 |
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| DOI: | 10.1371/journal.pone.0189306 |