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Onchocerciasis Transmission Interruption in Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea

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We performed a cross-sectional study to demonstrate that updated WHO criteria for stopping mass drug administration (MDA) against onchocerciasis have been met in Bioko Island (Equatorial Guinea). This study was carried out from September, 2016 to January, 2017. A total of 7,052 aged 5- to 9-year-old school children, were included. Onchocerciasis/lymphatic Filariasis rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) and ELISA/PCR were performed.


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the Coalition for Operational Research on Neglected Tropical Diseases (COR-NTD; http://www.ntdsupport.org/cor-ntd), which is funded at The Task Force for Global Health primarily by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, by the United Kingdom Department for International Development, and by the United States Agency for International Development through its Neglected Tropical Diseases Program (Grant Number: OPP1053230). This study also received financial support from The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (hereinafter, “Primary Grantor”) through the Health Institute Carlos III through the Tropical Diseases Research Network (RICET): RD12/0018/0001

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    onchocerciasisEquatorial GuineaLymphatic filariasisonchocerciasis control strategyNeglected Tropical Diseases ProgrammeMedical and Health Sciences not elsewhere classifiedPublic Health and Health Services not elsewhere classifiedMedical ParasitologyInfectious Diseases

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