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Entomological surveys throughout the focus from 2007 to 2015 have yielded few or no freshwater crabs (\n                    <jats:italic>Potamonautes aloysiisabaudiae<\/jats:italic>\n                    ), which serve as the obligate phoretic host of the larvae and pupae of the vector\n                    <jats:italic>Simulium neavei<\/jats:italic>\n                    . No\n                    <jats:italic>S. neavei<\/jats:italic>\n                    flies have been observed or collected since 2007. Skin snips (microscopy) from 294 individuals in 2008 were negative for skin microfilariae, and of the 462 persons analyzed by polymerase chain reaction skin snip poolscreen in 2009, only five (1.08%) persons were indicated as infected with onchocerciasis. All five of the positive persons were at least 40 years old. Serosurvey results showed negative exposure among 3,332 children in 2012 and 3,108 children in 2015. Both were within the upper bound of the 95% confidence interval of the prevalence estimate of 0.06%, which confirmed the elimination of onchocerciasis. Treatment coverage in Imaramagambo was generally poor, and transmission interruption of onchocerciasis could not be attributed solely to annual mass treatment with ivermectin. There was sufficient evidence to believe that the possible disappearance of the\n                    <jats:italic>S. neavei<\/jats:italic>\n                    flies, presumed to have been the main vector, may have hastened the demise of onchocerciasis in this focus.\n                  <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.4269\/ajtmh.16-0181","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2016,5,23]],"date-time":"2016-05-23T23:14:43Z","timestamp":1464045283000},"page":"417-425","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":16,"title":["The Imaramagambo Onchocerciasis Focus in Southwestern Uganda: Interruption of Transmission After Disappearance of the Vector Simulium neavei and Its Associated Freshwater Crabs"],"prefix":"10.4269","volume":"95","author":[{"given":"Moses N.","family":"Katabarwa","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"1Health Programs, The Carter Center, Atlanta, Georgia."}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"James","family":"Katamanywa","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"2Health Services, Kabarole District, Fort Portal, Uganda."}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Thomson","family":"Lakwo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"3Vector Control Division, Ministry of Health, Kampala, Uganda."}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Peace","family":"Habomugisha","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"4Health Programs, The Carter Center, Kampala, Uganda."}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Edson","family":"Byamukama","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"4Health Programs, The Carter Center, Kampala, Uganda."}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"David","family":"Oguttu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"3Vector Control Division, Ministry of Health, Kampala, Uganda."}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Christine","family":"Nahabwe","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"3Vector Control Division, Ministry of Health, Kampala, Uganda."}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Monica","family":"Ngabirano","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"3Vector Control Division, Ministry of Health, Kampala, Uganda."}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ephraim","family":"Tukesiga","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"2Health Services, Kabarole District, Fort Portal, Uganda."}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Annet","family":"Khainza","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"4Health Programs, The Carter Center, Kampala, Uganda."}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Edridah","family":"Tukahebwa","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"3Vector Control Division, Ministry of Health, Kampala, Uganda."}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Thomas R.","family":"Unnasch","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"5University of South Florida, Global Health, Tampa, Florida."}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Frank O.","family":"Richards","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"1Health Programs, The Carter Center, Atlanta, Georgia."}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Rolf","family":"Garms","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"6Tropical Medicine Department, Bernhard Nocht Institute of Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany."}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"2795","reference":[{"key":"ref1","series-title":"Bull Wld Hlth Org","first-page":"511","article-title":"A survey of Simulium control in Africa","volume":"27","author":"Brown","year":"1962"},{"key":"ref2","first-page":"87","article-title":"Simulium control program in Uganda. 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