Reaching the London Declaration on Neglected Tropical Diseases Goals for Onchocerciasis: An Economic Evaluation of Increasing the Frequency of Ivermectin Treatment in Africa
Although switching from annual to biannual ivermectin treatment yields small additional health benefits, in the context of elimination goals its benefit is pronounced, increasing the feasibility of and shortening the time frames for reaching proposed operational thresholds for stopping treatment.
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| Format: | Online |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2014
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| Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4166981/ |