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Titre :	Satellite mapping of Loa loa prevalence in relation to ivermectin use in west and central Africa. (2000)
Auteurs :	M.C. THOMSON ; S.J. CONNOR ; M. DUNNE ; D.H. MOLYNEUX ; V. OBSOMER ; Malsat Research Group. Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine. Liverpool. GBR
Type de document :	Article
Dans :	Lancet (The) (vol. 356, n° 9235, 2000)
Pagination :	1077-1078
Langues:	Anglais
Mots-clés :	Onchocercose ; Filariose ; Parasitose ; Infection ; Vermifuge ; Vecteur ; Prévalence ; Endémie ; Epidémiologie ; Homme ; Peau [pathologie] ; Oeil [pathologie]
Résumé :	[BDSP. Notice produite par INIST R0xoBrI3. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. For many years, ivermectin has been widely distributed throughout west Africa for the safe and effective control of onchocerclasis. However, recent events in Loa-loa-endemlc areas of Cameroon, where severe adverse reactions have occurred, now constrain the public-health use of this drug In the forest habitat of the L loa vector. We have created a model of L loa prevalence to Identify areas where high endemicity may be associated with the occurrence of such reactions. The model results have been mapped and the areas of overlap between high L loa prevalence and planned ivermectin distribution for onchocerciasis control Identified.

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