Elimination of onchocerciasis in Ecuador: findings of post-treatment surveillance

BACKGROUND: The Esmeraldas focus of onchocerciasis in Ecuador expanded geographically during the 1980s and was associated with severe ocular and skin disease. Mass drug administration (MDA) with ivermectin started in 1991, initially once but later twice a year, in the principle endemic focus followe...

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Autores principales: Guevara, Ángel, Lovato, Raquel, Proaño, Roberto, Rodriguez-Perez, Mario A., Unnasch, Thomas, Cooper, Philip J., Guderian, Ronald H.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5937837/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29690907
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-018-2851-3

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5937837/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29690907
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-018-2851-3

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