A community-based cross-sectional study of the epidemiology of onchocerciasis in unmapped villages for community directed treatment with ivermectin in Jimma Zone, southwestern Ethiopia

BACKGROUND: Human onchocerciasis is a neglected tropical parasitic disease caused by Onchocerca volvulus (O. volvulus) that may result in devastating skin and eye morbidity. Even though the disease is targeted for elimination, there was little or no information on the level of onchocerciasis endemic...

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Veröffentlicht in:BMC Public Health
Hauptverfasser: Dana, Daniel, Debalke, Serkadis, Mekonnen, Zeleke, Kassahun, Wondwossen, Suleman, Sultan, Getahun, Kefelegn, Yewhalaw, Delenasaw
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Sprache:Inglês
Veröffentlicht: BioMed Central 2015
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Online Zugang:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4486700/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26130117
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-015-1888-x
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