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Review of the National Program for Onchocerciasis Control in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Here, we review all data available at the Ministry of Public Health in order to describe the history of the National Program for Onchocerciasis Control (NPOC) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Discovered in 1903, the disease is endemic in all provinces. Ivermectin was introduced in 1987...

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Autores principales: Makenga Bof, Jean-Claude, Ntumba Tshitoka, Fortunat, Muteba, Daniel, Mansiangi, Paul, Coppieters, Yves
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6631401/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31200509
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed4020092