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1934238

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1991-12-6
pubmed:abstractText
A mass chemotherapy campaign to treat onchocerciasis with ivermectin was carried out in northern Cameroon, in the North Vina valley, a savanna area that is part of the extended Vina-Pendé-Longone focus. More than 20,000 people aged five years and over were treated at least once and more than 30,000 treatments were distributed. One to four treatments were given at intervals of six months or one year. Clinical and parasitological examinations of representative samples of the treated population and full ophthalmological examinations of males aged 15 to 35 years were carried out before each treatment to assess the efficacy of the different protocols of treatment. Secondary effects were recorded daily during the week after administration of ivermectin in the whole population treated. The evolution of arterial blood pressure was monitored over seven days in about 300 adults living in the hyperendemic region. The impact of mass treatment on natural transmission of the disease was evaluated by daily capture and dissection of blackflies during the month before and the two months after treatment. All levels of onchocerciasis endemicity were represented in the study area (maximum community microfilarial load (CMFL), 300 microfilariae per biopsy). Six months and one year after the first treatment, loads were down by more than 90% and more than 60% respectively.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
fre
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0042-9686
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
69
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
443-50
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1991
pubmed:articleTitle
[Control of onchocerciasis with ivermectin: results of a mass campaign in northern Cameroon].
pubmed:affiliation
Antenne ORSTOM auprès du Centre Pasteur, Yaoundé, Cameroun.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract