Interruption of Infection Transmission in the Onchocerciasis Focus of Ecuador Leading to the Cessation of Ivermectin Distribution

Introduction: A clinically significant endemic focus of onchocerciasis existing in Esmeraldas Province, coastal Ecuador has been under an ivermectin mass drug administration program since 1991. The main transmitting vector in this area is the voracious blackfly, Simulium exiguum. This paper describe...

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Autores principales: Lovato, Raquel, Guevara, Angel, Guderian, Ronald, Proaño, Roberto, Unnasch, Thomas, Criollo, Hipatia, Hassan, Hassan K., Mackenzie, Charles D.
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Lenguaje:Inglês
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4031166/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24853587
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002821
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