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Raimon, S, Lakwo, TL, Sebit, WJ, Siewe Fodjo, JN, Alinda, P, Carter, JY, Post, RJ and Colebunders, R (2021) "Slash and Clear", a Community-Based Vector Control Method to Reduce Onchocerciasis Transmission by Simulium sirbanum in Maridi, South Sudan: A Prospective Study. Pathogens, 10 (10). ISSN 2076-0817
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Abstract
Background: 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. Methods: Simulium damnosum s.l. biting rates were collected before and during the twenty months following the “slash and clear” intervention using the human landing catches. Black flies were dissected to measure parity rates before and twelve months after the intervention. Larvae and pupae of S. damnosum s.l. were collected from the dam for morphological and chromosomal characterization to identify the cytospecies involved. Results: Biting rates of S. damnosum s.l. close to the Maridi dam spillway decreased by >90% post-“slash and clear” for more than six months. Twelve months after the “slash and clear” intervention, the reduction in biting rates was still at <50% (p = 0.0007). Parity rates reduced from 13% pre-“slash and clear” (November 2019) to 5.6% post-“slash and clear” (November 2020). Larvae collected from the dam were identified as Simulium sirbanum. Conclusion: The “slash and clear” method was found to be an effective and cheap community-based method to reduce black fly biting rates caused by S. sirbanum. When repeated at least annually together with a high CDTI coverage, this intervention has the potential to considerably accelerate onchocerciasis elimination.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | 1107 Immunology, 1108 Medical Microbiology |
| Subjects: | Q Science > QR Microbiology Q Science > QR Microbiology > QR180 Immunology R Medicine > RM Therapeutics. Pharmacology |
| Divisions: | Biological & Environmental Sciences (from Sep 19) |
| Publisher: | MDPI AG |
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| Date Deposited: | 04 Apr 2022 08:47 |
| Last Modified: | 04 Apr 2022 09:00 |
| DOI or ID number: | 10.3390/pathogens10101329 |
| URI: | https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/16580 |
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