Elimination of onchocerciasis from Colombia: first proof of concept of river blindness elimination in the world

Abstract 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...

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Principais autores:	Rubén Santiago Nicholls, Sofía Duque, Luz Adriana Olaya, Myriam Consuelo López, Sol Beatriz Sánchez, Alba Lucía Morales, Gloria Inés Palma
Formato:	Artigo
Idioma:	Inglês
Publicado:	BMC 2018-04-01
Series:	Parasites & Vectors
Assuntos:	Onchocerciasis Colombia Elimination Infectivity rate Blackfly Ivermectin
Acceso en liña:	http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13071-018-2821-9
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