River Blindness: An Old Disease on the Brink of Elimination and Control

For decades, onchocerciasis (or river blindness) was one of the most common infectious causes of blindness in the world. Primarily an infection of Africa, with limited distribution in the new world, disease due to the nematode Onchocerca volvulus is rapidly diminishing as a result of large public he...

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Autores principales: Winthrop, Kevin L, Furtado, Joao M, Silva, Juan C, Resnikoff, Serge, Lansingh, Van C
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3125028/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21731302
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-777X.81692

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3125028/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21731302
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-777X.81692

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