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Interruption of Transmission of Onchocerca volvulus in the Southern Chiapas Focus, México
BACKGROUND: The Southern Chiapas focus of onchocerciasis in Southern Mexico represents one of the major onchocerciasis foci in Latin America. All 559 endemic communities of this focus have undergone semi-annual mass treatment with ivermectin since 1998. In 50 communities of this focus, ivermectin fr...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2013
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3610615/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23556018 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002133 |