01704nas a2200217   4500000000100000008004100001260001200042653001900054653001500073653001600088653002800104653001300132100001300145700001300158245009500171856021500266300001200481490000700493520097200500022001401472       2020                            d  c12/202010aonchocerciasis10aivermectin10alarviciding10apublic health education10atrapping1 aHassan A1 aShaban N00aOnchocerciasis dynamics: modelling the effects of treatment, education and vector control.  uhttps://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17513758.2020.1745306?scroll=top&needAccess=true#aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cudGFuZGZvbmxpbmUuY29tL2RvaS9wZGYvMTAuMTA4MC8xNzUxMzc1OC4yMDIwLjE3NDUzMDY/bmVlZEFjY2Vzcz10cnVlQEBAMA==  a245-2680 v143 a<p>A deterministic model of onchocerciasis disease dynamics is considered in a community partitioned into compartments based on the disease status. Public health education is offered in the community during the implementation of mass treatment using ivermectin drugs. Also, larviciding and trapping strategies are implemented in the vector population with the aim of controlling population growth of black flies. We fit the model to the data to check the suitability of the model. Expressions are derived for the influence on the reproduction numbers of these strategies. Numerical results show that the dynamics of onchocerciasis and the growth of black flies are best controlled when the four strategies are implemented simultaneously. Also, the results suggest that for the elimination of the disease in the society there is a need for finding another drug which will be implemented to ineligible human as well as killing the adult worms instead of ivermectin.</p>  a1751-3766