Discovery of a new focus of human onchocerciasis in central Brazil

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 235-239

  Maia Herzog, M ^a   Shelley, A J ^b   Bradley, J E ^c   Luna Dias, A P A ^a   Calvao R H S ^a   Lowry, C ^b   Camargo, M ^d   Rubio, J M ^e   Post, R J ^b   Coelho, G E ^d  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d FUNDAÇÃO NACIONAL DE SAÚDE   (Brazil)

^e INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

Brazil; Dispersal; Epidemiology; Gold miners; New focus; Onchocerca volvulus; Onchocerciasis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA PROBE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINING; ONCHOCERCIASIS; SERODIAGNOSIS; SKIN BIOPSY;

NEMATODA; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS;

EID: 13044260234     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(99)90005-6     Document Type: Article

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