WHO Expert Committee on Onchocerciasis [meeting held in Geneva from 21 to 29 April 1986] : third report

Abstract

A comprehensive review of recent advances in the clinical, scientific, and epidemiological understanding of onchocerciasis. The report, which includes frequent reference to the Onchocerciasis Control Programme in West Africa, is the result of discussions of an expert committee convened to assess progress achieved during the past ten years and relate specific advances to feasible and practical improvements in treatment and control. All aspects of the disease, including its socioeconomic importance, are considered. Comprehensive yet concise, the book will serve as both a convenient summary of all that is now known about onchocerciasis and an agenda of research priorities necessary to bring about further improvements