Exposure of seasonal migrant workers to Onchocerca volvulus on coffee plantations in Guatemala

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 438-442

  Lindblade, Kim A ^a   Richards, Michael ^a   Richards, Jane ^a   Gonzalez, Rodrigo J ^a   Cruz Ortiz, Nancy ^a   Zea Flores, Guillermo ^b   Morales, Alba Lucia ^b   Sauerbrey, Mauricio ^b   Castro, Julio ^c   Catú, Eduard ^c   Arana, Byron ^a   Richards Jr , Frank O ^d   Klein, Robert E ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DEL VALLE DE GUATEMALA   (Guatemala)

^b Onchocerciasis Elimination Program for the Americas   (Guatemala)

^c Ministerio de Salud Y Asistencia Publica   (Guatemala)

^d CARTER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IVERMECTIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; COFFEE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GUATEMALA; HARVEST PERIOD; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRANT WORKER; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PILOT STUDY; PLANTATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD;

ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS;

EID: 69249177357     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2009.81.438     Document Type: Article

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