Information for onchocerciasis control
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Onchocerciasis and Mectizan Mectizan® has been donated for the control of onchocerciasis for over twenty years, and also for the elimination of lymphatic filariasis for the last ten years. Merck & Co. Inc, or MSD as the company is known in many other parts of the world, are donating Mectizan® to as many who need it for as long as it is needed. But how much is needed? Individual patients with skin disease or eye disease need only small amounts, but where the prevalence of skin disease or eye disease in an area is high it is important to treat all eligible people in the community. If we treat around 65% of the population on a regular basis, the effects of the disease will be drastically reduced. If however we maintain 80% coverage of the total population (or 95–100% of the eligible population) onchocerciasis may eventually be eliminated. Mectizan® is usually given annually. In some areas, where it is feasible, treatment takes place twice and even four times a year to break the transmission cycle more quickly. That amounts to a lot of tablets!
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دوره 23 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2010