Onchocerciasis control: Moving towards the millennium

被引：38

作者：

Molyneux, DH

Davies, JB

机构：

[1] Liverpool Sch. of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool L3 5QA, Perrbroke Place

来源：

PARASITOLOGY TODAY | 1997年 / 13卷 / 11期

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D O I：

10.1016/S0169-4758(97)00142-7

中图分类号：

R38 [医学寄生虫学]; Q [生物科学];

学科分类号：

07 ; 0710 ; 09 ; 100103 ;

摘要：

The recognition of onchocerciasis as a major public health problem in the savanna belts of West Africa resulted in the establishment of the Onchocerciasis Control Programme (OCP) in 1974. Control was initially based on vector control by weekly larviciding. The OCP is now in transition towards its Fnal phase in which repented treatment with ivermectin, a safe and effective microfilaricide, is incorporated with vector control, or in certain circumstances is used alone. Ivermectin distribution hingeing on sustainable community systems is the basis of a new programme in endemic African countries outside the OCP and in the Americas. David Molyneux and John Davies describe the latest trends and developments related to onchocerciasis control.

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页码：418 / 425

页数：8

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