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https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12530/36864| Title: | Interruption of onchocerciasis transmission in Bioko Island: Accelerating the movement from control to elimination in Equatorial Guinea. | |
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| Issue Date: | 2018 | |
| Citation: | Herrador Z, Garcia B, Ncogo P, Perteguer MJ, Rubio JM, Rivas E, et al. Interruption of onchocerciasis transmission in Bioko Island: Accelerating the movement from control to elimination in Equatorial Guinea. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2018 05;12(5):e0006471 | |
| Abstract: | Onchocerciasis, also known as river blindness, is a parasitic disease. More than 99 percent of all cases occur in Africa. Bioko Island (Equatorial Guinea) is the only island endemic for onchocerciasis in the world. Since 2005, when vector Simulium yahense was eliminated, there have not been any reported cases of infection. This study aimed to demonstrate that updated WHO criteria for stopping mass drug administration (MDA) have been met. | |
| PMID: | 29723238 | |
| URI: | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12530/36864 | |
| Rights: | openAccess | |
| Appears in Collections: | Hospitales > H. U. de Móstoles > Artículos | |
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