Ivermectin mass drug administration for onchocerciasis elimination: can it reduce the prevalence of scabies in Ethiopia?

Ivermectin mass drug administration for onchocerciasis elimination: can it reduce the prevalence of scabies in Ethiopia?

Introduction: While ivermectin mass drug administration (MDA) has been implemented since long for onchocerciasis elimination, there is doubt whether this would also be effective for scabies control. If effective, this would allow integration of both programs. We compared scabies prevalence in distr...

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Main Authors: Tsigereda Amsalu, Wendemagegn Enbiale, Neguse Manaye, Ashenafi Ayalew, Addisu Workineh, Henry de Vries, Johan van Griensven
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries 2022-08-01
Series:Journal of Infection in Developing Countries
Subjects:
scabies elimination
integrated MDA
SORT IT
operational research
Amhara Public Health Institution
Online Access:https://jidc.org/index.php/journal/article/view/15975
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