What does the COVID-19 pandemic mean for the next decade of onchocerciasis control and elimination?

• Published in: Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Vol. 115; no. 3; pp. 269 - 280
• Main Authors: Hamley, Jonathan I D, Blok, David J, Walker, Martin, Milton, Philip, Hopkins, Adrian D, Hamill, Louise C, Downs, Philip, de Vlas, Sake J, Stolk, Wilma A, Basáñez, Maria-Gloria
• Format: Journal Article Web Resource
• Language: English
• Published: England Oxford University Press 06.03.2021
• Subjects: Communicable Disease Control - organization & administration; COVID-19 - epidemiology; Disease Eradication; Filaricides - therapeutic use; Humans; Ivermectin - therapeutic use; Mass Drug Administration; Models, Theoretical; Neglected Diseases - epidemiology; Neglected Diseases - prevention & control; Onchocerciasis - epidemiology; Onchocerciasis - prevention & control; Original; Pandemics; Prevalence; SARS-CoV-2; COVID-19; remedial strategies; mathematical modelling; onchocerciasis; mass drug administration; ivermectin

Abstract Background Mass drug administration (MDA) of ivermectin for onchocerciasis has been disrupted by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Mathematical modelling can help predict how missed/delayed MDA will affect short-term epidemiological trends and elimination prospects by 2030....