Ongoing Transmission of Onchocerca volvulus after 25 Years of Annual Ivermectin Mass Treatments in the Vina du Nord River Valley, in North Cameroon

BACKGROUND: Recent reports of transmission interruption of Onchocerca volvulus, the causing agent of river blindness, in former endemic foci in the Americas, and more recently in West and East Africa, raise the question whether elimination of this debilitating disease is underway after long-term tre...

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Autores principales: Eisenbarth, Albert, Achukwi, Mbunkah Daniel, Renz, Alfons
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4771805/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26926855
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004392

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4771805/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26926855
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004392

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