Mapping the distribution of Loa loa in Cameroon in support of the African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control

BACKGROUND: Loa loa has recently emerged as a filarial worm of significant public health importance as a consequence of its impact on the African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control (APOC). Severe, sometimes fatal, encephalopathic reactions to ivermectin (the drug of choice for onchocerciasis contr...

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Main Authors: Thomson, Madeleine C, Obsomer, Valérie, Kamgno, Joseph, Gardon, Jacques, Wanji, Samuel, Takougang, Innocent, Enyong, Peter, Remme, Jan H, Molyneux, David H, Boussinesq, Michel
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2004
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC514498/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15298709
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2883-3-7
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