Impact of ivermectin mass drug administration on burden of soil-transmitted helminths in onchocerciasis control and elimination programs, Yeki district, southwest Ethiopia.

ABSTRACT: Community-directed treatment with ivermectin (CDTi) is the primary strategy employed to control and eliminate human onchocerciasis in Ethiopia. After long-term mass distribution for onchocerciasis, ivermectin is expected to have additional benefits beyond the envisioned targets by reducing the burden of other co-endemic parasitic infections as to STHs. To date, studies focused on the collateral impact of CDTi on STH in Ethiopia are scanty. Two community-based cross-sectional surveys (baseline in 1997 and post-CDTi in 2017) were conducted to evaluate the impact of long-term CDTi employed to control and eliminate onchocerciasis on the burden of STH infections in Yeki district of southwest Ethiopia. Stool samples were collected and examined using Ritchie`s concentration and Kato-Katz techniqu

SUBMITTER: Gebrezgabiher G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8830686 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature