Transmission of Onchocerciasis in Wadelai Focus of Northwestern Uganda Has Been Interrupted and the Disease Eliminated

N. Katabarwa, Moses; Walsh, Frank; Habomugisha, Peace; Lakwo, Thomson; Agunyo, Stella; Oguttu, David; R. Unnasch, Thomas; Unoba, Dickson; Byamukama, Edson; Tukesiga, Ephraim; Ndyomugyenyi, Richard; O. Richards, Frank

doi:10.1155/2012/748540

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Transmission of Onchocerciasis in Wadelai Focus of Northwestern Uganda Has Been Interrupted and the Disease Eliminated

Published in Journal of Parasitology Research • Jan 1, 2012

Authors:

Moses N. Katabarwa

Frank Walsh

Peace Habomugisha

Abstract

Wadelai, an isolated focus for onchocerciasis in northwest Uganda, was selected for piloting an onchocerciasis elimination strategy that was ultimately the precursor for countrywide onchocerciasis elimination policy. The Wadelai focus strategy was to increase ivermectin treatments from annual to sem...

Subject

Onchocerciasis

Onchocerca volvulus

Ivermectin

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