Onchocerciasis: The Pre-control Association between Prevalence of Palpable Nodules and Skin Microfilariae

BACKGROUND: The prospect of eliminating onchocerciasis from Africa by mass treatment with ivermectin has been rejuvenated following recent successes in foci in Mali, Nigeria and Senegal. Elimination prospects depend strongly on local transmission conditions and therefore on pre-control infection lev...

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Autores principales: Coffeng, Luc E., Pion, Sébastien D. S., O'Hanlon, Simon, Cousens, Simon, Abiose, Adenike O., Fischer, Peter U., Remme, Jan H. F., Dadzie, K. Yankum, Murdoch, Michele E., de Vlas, Sake J., Basáñez, María-Gloria, Stolk, Wilma A., Boussinesq, Michel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3623701/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23593528
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002168

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3623701/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23593528
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002168

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