Onchocerciasis is a vector-borne disease endemic to parts of sub-Saharan Africa and associated with substantial morbidity including reports of onchocerciasis-associated epilepsy. Here, the authors use mathematical modelling to assess the impact of community-directed treatment with ivermectin on onchocerciasis-associated epilepsy.
- Jacob N. Stapley
- Jonathan I. D. Hamley
- Maria-Gloria Basáñez
