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The geographic distribution of onchocerciasis in the 20 participating countries of the African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control: (2) pre-control endemicity levels and estimated number infected

BACKGROUND: The original aim of the African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control (APOC) was to control onchocerciasis as a public health problem in 20 African countries. In order to identify all high risk areas where ivermectin treatment was needed to achieve control, APOC used Rapid Epidemiological...

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Autores principales: Zouré, Honorat GM, Noma, Mounkaila, Tekle, Afework H, Amazigo, Uche V, Diggle, Peter J, Giorgi, Emanuele, Remme, Jan HF
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/PMC4222889/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25053392
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-3305-7-326