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Impact of Six Years Community Directed Treatment with Ivermectin in the Control of Onchocerciasis, Western Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: The African Program for Onchocerciais Control (APOC) with a main strategy of community directed treatment with ivermectin (CDTI) was established with the aim of eliminating Onchocerciasis as a disease of public health and socio-economic importance. The study area was a hyper endemic area...
Autores principales: | Samuel, Abdi, Belay, Tariku, Yehalaw, Delenasaw, Taha, Mohammed, Zemene, Endalew, Zeynudin, Ahmed |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2016
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4778937/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26942910 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0141029 |
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