Impact of long-term treatment of onchocerciasis with ivermectin in Ecuador: potential for elimination of infection

BACKGROUND: Onchocerciasis is a leading cause of blindness worldwide, hence elimination of the infection is an important health priority. Community-based treatment programs with ivermectin form the basis of control programs for the disease in Latin America. The long-term administration of ivermectin...

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Autores principales: Vieira, Juan Carlos, Cooper, Philip J, Lovato, Raquel, Mancero, Tamara, Rivera, Jorge, Proaño, Roberto, López, Andrea A, Guderian, Ronald H, Guzmán, José Rumbea
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2007
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1890547/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17521449
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1741-7015-5-9

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1890547/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17521449
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1741-7015-5-9

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