Urine metabolites for the identification of Onchocerca volvulus infections in patients from Cameroon

BACKGROUND: The tropical disease onchocerciasis (river blindness), caused by Onchocerca volvulus filarial nematodes, is targeted for elimination by mass treatment with nematocidal and antimicrobial drugs. Diagnosis of O. volvulus infections is based on counts of skin-borne microfilariae, but additio...

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Autores principales: Wewer, Vera, Peisker, Helga, Gutbrod, Katharina, Al-Bahra, Mazen, Menche, Dirk, Amambo, Ngongeh Glory, Fombad, Fanny F., Njouendou, Abdel Jelil, Pfarr, Kenneth, Wanji, Samuel, Hoerauf, Achim, Dörmann, Peter
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2021
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8359580/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34380554
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-021-04893-1

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8359580/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34380554
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-021-04893-1

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