Two Items on Onchocerciasis
| Friday, 28th of October 2016 |
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Two items on Onchocerciasis
From the Weekly Epidemiological Record
While mass drug administration with ivermectin remains the main preventive tool in most endemic countries, there may be a role for doxycycline in areas endemic for Loa loa. There may also be a role for vector control in some endemic countries.
Both references are at http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/250643/1/WER9143.pdf
1) Progress towards eliminating onchocerciasis in the WHO Region of the Americas: Verification of elimination of transmission in Guatemala
2) Progress report on the elimination of human onchocerciasis, 2015-2016
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