A community-based cross-sectional study of the epidemiology of onchocerciasis in unmapped villages for community directed treatment with ivermectin in Jimma Zone, southwestern Ethiopia

BACKGROUND: Human onchocerciasis is a neglected tropical parasitic disease caused by Onchocerca volvulus (O. volvulus) that may result in devastating skin and eye morbidity. Even though the disease is targeted for elimination, there was little or no information on the level of onchocerciasis endemic...

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Autores principales: Dana, Daniel, Debalke, Serkadis, Mekonnen, Zeleke, Kassahun, Wondwossen, Suleman, Sultan, Getahun, Kefelegn, Yewhalaw, Delenasaw
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4486700/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26130117
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-015-1888-x

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4486700/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26130117
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-015-1888-x

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