Housseini Dolo, Michel Coulibaly, Moussa Sow, Yaya Coulibaly, Mama Doumbia, Moussa Sangare, Abdoul Sanogo, Benoit Dembele, Boubacar Guindo, Mamadou Coulibaly, Modibo Keita, Lamine Soumaoro, Dansine Diarra, Boubacar Dicko, Louise Hamill, Seydou Doumbia, Hamadoun Sangho, Yacouba Sangare, Yaobi Zhang, Jamie Tallant, Alpha Yaro, Charles Mackenzie, Thomas B Nutman, Daniel Boakye
BACKGROUND: Onchocerciasis control activities in Mali began in 1975 with vector larviciding carried out by the Onchocerciasis Control Programme (OCP), followed by the distribution of ivermectin from 1998 until the closure of the OCP in 2002. At that time, epidemiological evaluations, using skin snip microscopy and O-150 pool screening PCR in black flies, indicated that the disease had been largely controlled as a public health problem. Ivermectin distribution was nevertheless continued after 2002 in 34 of the 75 health districts in Mali as these were known to still be meso- or hyper-endemic for onchocerciasis...
November 15, 2023: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases