Onchocerciasis: shifting the target from control to elimination requires a new first-step—elimination mapping

Journal article discussing the concept that all areas where the worm that causes onchocerciasis might currently be transmitted—and where mass drug administration (MDA) with ivermectin treatment has not been delivered previously—must now be identified by careful, detailed “elimination mapping”. International Health, Volume 10, Issue suppl_1, 1 March 2018, Pages i14–i19.

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