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Disability and its determinants among individuals with onchocerciasis in Southeast Nigeria: a cross-sectional study

INTRODUCTION: although onchocerciasis is rarely a life-threatening disease, it causes chronic morbidity which ultimately leads to disability due to late detection and treatment of the infected people. Disability in Onchocerciasis results in activity limitation and social exclusion of the affected in...

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Autores principales:	Otache, Adah Emmanuel, Ezenwosu, Ifeyinwa Lilian, Ossai, Edmund Ndudi, Aniwada, Elias Chikee, Abah, Stephen Obekpa, Uzochukwu, Benjamin Chudi
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	The African Field Epidemiology Network 2022
Materias:	Research
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9587742/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36303826 http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2022.42.249.33879

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