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Onchocerciasis in the Americas: from arrival to (near) elimination

Onchocerciasis (river blindness) is a blinding parasitic disease that threatens the health of approximately 120 million people worldwide. While 99% of the population at-risk for infection from onchocerciasis live in Africa, some 500,000 people in the Americas are also threatened by infection. A rela...

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Autores principales: Gustavsen, Ken, Hopkins, Adrian, Sauerbrey, Mauricio
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3214172/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22024050
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-3305-4-205