title: [The beginning of the OPC and the status of onchocerciasis in western Africa before control measures].
authors.affiliation: ORSTOM, Unité Santé et dévloppement, Paris.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Philippon
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sékétéli
mesh_terms: D000354:Africa, Western / Q000453:epidemiology; D000818:Animals; D000969:Antinematodal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004049:Diethylcarbamazine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D019353:Endemic Diseases; D005369:Filaricides / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000187:drug effects; D007306:Insecticides / Q000627:therapeutic use; D007391:International Cooperation; D008842:Microfilariae / Q000302:isolation & purification; D009854:Onchocerca / Q000302:isolation & purification; D009855:Onchocerciasis / Q000191:economics / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D016730:Program Development; D012843:Simuliidae / Q000187:drug effects / Q000469:parasitology; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013498:Suramin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014944:World Health Organization
chemical_list: D000969:Antinematodal Agents; D005369:Filaricides; D007306:Insecticides; D013498:Suramin; D004049:Diethylcarbamazine
vernacular_title: Genèse de l'OCP et situation de l'onchocercose en Afrique occidentale avant les mesures de contrôle.