&quot;Slash and Clear&quot;, a Community-Based Vector Control Method to Reduce Onchocerciasis Transmission by Simulium sirbanum in Maridi, South Sudan: A Prospective Study.

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High ongoing Onchocerca volvulus transmission was recently documented in Maridi County, South Sudan. To complement community-directed treatment with ivermectin (CDTI) as the main onchocerciasis control strategy, we initiated a community-based vector control method "slash and clear" at the Maridi dam, a Simulium damnosum s.l. breeding site, to reduce O. volvulus transmission.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Pathogens

Title: Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland)

Publisher: MDPI AG

ISSN: 2076-0817

ISSN (Print): 2076-0817

Publication date (Electronic): Oct 15 2021

Volume: 10

Issue: 10

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[1 ] Amref Health Africa, Juba P.O. Box 410, South Sudan.

[2 ] Vector Control Division, Ministry of Health, Kampala P.O. Box 1661, Uganda.

[3 ] Public Health Laboratory, Ministry of Health, May Rd, Juba P.O. Box 30125, South Sudan.

[4 ] Global Health Institute, University of Antwerp, 2610 Antwerp, Belgium.

[5 ] Amref Health Africa Headquarters, Nairobi P.O. Box 27691-00506, Kenya.

[6 ] Disease Control Department, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT, UK.

[7 ] School of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool L3 5UG, UK.

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Publisher Item ID: pathogens10101329

DOI: 10.3390/pathogens10101329

PMC ID: 8538802

PubMed ID: 34684277

SO-VID: 60dd6363-3ca4-4371-9079-1a91f8314507

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Keywords: vector control,Simulium damnosum,Simulium sirbanum,community,elimination,onchocerciasis,slash and clear

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Keywords: vector control, Simulium damnosum, Simulium sirbanum, community, elimination, onchocerciasis, slash and clear

"Slash and Clear", a Community-Based Vector Control Method to Reduce Onchocerciasis Transmission by Simulium sirbanum in Maridi, South Sudan: A Prospective Study.

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