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Successful Interruption of Transmission of Onchocerca volvulus in the Escuintla-Guatemala Focus, Guatemala
BACKGROUND: Elimination of onchocerciasis (river blindness) through mass administration of ivermectin in the six countries in Latin America where it is endemic is considered feasible due to the relatively small size and geographic isolation of endemic foci. We evaluated whether transmission of oncho...
Autores principales: | Gonzalez, Rodrigo J., Cruz-Ortiz, Nancy, Rizzo, Nidia, Richards, Jane, Zea-Flores, Guillermo, Domínguez, Alfredo, Sauerbrey, Mauricio, Catú, Eduardo, Oliva, Orlando, Richards, Frank O., Lindblade, Kim A. |
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Formato: | Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2009
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2656640/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19333366 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000404 |
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