"Slash and Clear", a Community-Based Vector Control Method to Reduce Onchocerciasis Transmission by Simulium sirbanum in Maridi, South Sudan: A Prospective Study.
Stephen RaimonThomson Luroni LakwoWilson John SebitJoseph Nelson Fodjo SiewePeter AlindaJane Y CarterRory J PostRobert ColebundersPublished in: Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) (2021)
The "slash and clear" method was found to be an effective and cheap community-based method to reduce black fly biting rates caused by S. sirbanum. When repeated at least annually together with a high CDTI coverage, this intervention has the potential to considerably accelerate onchocerciasis elimination.