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Elimination of onchocerciasis from Colombia: first proof of concept of river blindness elimination in the world
BACKGROUND: Onchocerciasis is a chronic parasitic infection originally endemic in 13 discrete regional foci distributed among six countries of Latin America (Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico and Venezuela). In Colombia, this disease was discovered in 1965 in the Pacific Coast of the coun...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2018
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5896109/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29642939 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-018-2821-9 |