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The Mbam drainage system and onchocerciasis transmission post ivermectin mass drug administration (MDA) campaign, Cameroon.

Raphael Awah AbongGlory Ngongeh AmamboAli Ahamat HamidBelinda Agbor EnowAmuam Andrew BengFranck Noel NietchoTheobald Mue NjiAbdel Jelil NjouendouManuel RitterMathias Eyong EsumKebede DeribeJerome Fru ChoFanny Fri FombadPeter Ivo EnyongCatherine PooleKenneth M PfarrAchim HoeraufClotilde CarlowSamuel Wanji
Published in: PLoS neglected tropical diseases (2021)
Results from fly dissection (Microscopy), real-time PCR and LAMP revealed the same trends pre- and post-MDA. The infection rate with animal Onchocerca sp was exceptionally low. The dense river system generate important breeding sites that govern the abundance of Simulium during both dry and rainy seasons.
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