Evaluation of onchocerciasis seroprevalence in Bioko Island (Equatorial Guinea) after years of disease control programmes

BACKGROUND: Onchocerciasis or “river blindness” is a chronic parasitic disease caused by the filarial worm Onchocerca volvulus, transmitted through infected blackflies (Simulium spp.). Bioko Island (Equatorial Guinea) used to show a high endemicity for onchocerciasis. During the last years, the dise...

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Autores principales: Hernández-González, Ana, Moya, Laura, Perteguer, María J., Herrador, Zaida, Nguema, Rufino, Nguema, Justino, Aparicio, Pilar, Benito, Agustín, Gárate, Teresa
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5028998/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27645887
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-016-1779-8

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5028998/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27645887
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-016-1779-8

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