Declining Onchocerca volvulus transmission despite limited ivermectin delivery in the Kakoi–Koda focus, Ituri, Democratic Republic of the Congo: An epidemiological, entomological and landscape evidence synthesis

Luís-Jorge Amaral, Tony Ukety, Jules Upenjirwoth, Deogratias Ucima Wonya’Rossi, Michel Ndahura Mandro, Françoise Nyisi, Pascal Adroba, Wilma A. Stolk, Joseph N. Siewe Fodjo, María-Gloria Basáñez, Anne Laudisoit, Robert Colebunders

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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0014164
Published: 2026-08-31
Container: PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
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@article{allodium:10.1371/journal.pntd.0014164,
  title = {Declining Onchocerca volvulus transmission despite limited ivermectin delivery in the Kakoi–Koda focus, Ituri, Democratic Republic of the Congo: An epidemiological, entomological and landscape evidence synthesis},
  author = {Luís-Jorge Amaral and Tony Ukety and Jules Upenjirwoth and Deogratias Ucima Wonya’Rossi and Michel Ndahura Mandro and Françoise Nyisi and Pascal Adroba and Wilma A. Stolk and Joseph N. Siewe Fodjo and María-Gloria Basáñez and Anne Laudisoit and Robert Colebunders},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases},
  doi = {10.1371/journal.pntd.0014164},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0014164}
}

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AU  - Jules Upenjirwoth
AU  - Deogratias Ucima Wonya’Rossi
AU  - Michel Ndahura Mandro
AU  - Françoise Nyisi
AU  - Pascal Adroba
AU  - Wilma A. Stolk
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AU  - María-Gloria Basáñez
AU  - Anne Laudisoit
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Amaral, L., Ukety, T., Upenjirwoth, J., Wonya’Rossi, D. U., Mandro, M. N., Nyisi, F., Adroba, P., Stolk, W. A., Fodjo, J. N. S., Basáñez, M., Laudisoit, A., & Colebunders, R. (2026). Declining Onchocerca volvulus transmission despite limited ivermectin delivery in the Kakoi–Koda focus, Ituri, Democratic Republic of the Congo: An epidemiological, entomological and landscape evidence synthesis. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0014164

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