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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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BioMed Central
2007
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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 |