Onchocerca volvulus infection in Tihama region - west of Yemen: Continuing transmission in ivermectin-targeted endemic foci and unveiled endemicity in districts with previously unknown status

• Mohammed A. K. Mahdy ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: alsharaby9@yahoo.com

  Affiliations Tropical Disease Research Center, University of Science and Technology, Sana’a, Yemen, Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Sana’a University, Sana’a, Yemen

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8340-5219

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• Rashad Abdul-Ghani,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Tropical Disease Research Center, University of Science and Technology, Sana’a, Yemen, Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Sana’a University, Sana’a, Yemen

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• Thaker A. A. Abdulrahman,

  Roles Investigation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Health Services Sector, the Charitable Society for Social Welfare, Sana’a, Yemen

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• Samira M. A. Al-Eryani,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Sana’a University, Sana’a, Yemen

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• Abdulsalam M. Al-Mekhlafi,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Sana’a University, Sana’a, Yemen

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• Sami A. A. Alhaidari,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation National Schistosomiasis and Parasites Control Program, Ministry of Public Health and Population, Sana’a, Yemen

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• Ahmed A. Azazy

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Al-Baha University, Al-Baha, KSA

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