Figure 3

Foci in Latin America (OEPA region) where Onchocerciasis is Endemic and where Mass Treatment with Mectizan is Indicated and Ongoing, as of the end of 2005. In Latin America (OEPA region), as of the end of 2005, all onchocerciasis endemic foci were indicated for twice-yearly mass treatment with Mectizan, regardless of endemicity, as a strategy for the elimination of onchocercal morbidity and transmission of infection. This map is reproduced with permission of the Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, 2006, Volume 100, pages 733–46.