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Of Mice, Cattle, and Humans: The Immunology and Treatment of River Blindness
River blindness is a seriously debilitating disease caused by the filarial parasite Onchocerca volvulus, which infects millions in Africa as well as in South and Central America. Research has been hampered by a lack of good animal models, as the parasite can only develop fully in humans and some pri...
Autores principales: | Allen, Judith E., Adjei, Ohene, Bain, Odile, Hoerauf, Achim, Hoffmann, Wolfgang H., Makepeace, Benjamin L., Schulz-Key, Hartwig, Tanya, Vincent N., Trees, Alexander J., Wanji, Samuel, Taylor, David W. |
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Formato: | Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2008
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2323618/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18446236 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000217 |
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