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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...
Autores principales: | Gustavsen, Ken, Hopkins, Adrian, Sauerbrey, Mauricio |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |
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