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Modelling the impact of ivermectin on River Blindness and its burden of morbidity and mortality in African Savannah: EpiOncho projections

BACKGROUND: The African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control (APOC) has refocused its goals on the elimination of infection where possible, seemingly achievable by 15–17 years of annual mass distribution of ivermectin in some African foci. Previously, APOC had focused on the elimination of onchocerc...

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Autores principales: Turner, Hugo C, Walker, Martin, Churcher, Thomas S, Basáñez, María-Gloria
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4037555/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24886747
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-3305-7-241