Interruption of transmission of Onchocerca volvulus in the Oaxaca focus, Mexico

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 21-27

  Rodríguez Pérez, Mario A ^a   Unnasch, Thomas R ^b   Domínguez Vázquez, Alfredo ^c   Morales Castro, Alba L ^c   Peña Flores, Graciela P ^d   Orozco Algarra, María E ^d   Arredondo Jiménez, Juan I ^d   Richards Jr , Frank ^e   Vásquez Rodríguez, Miguel A ^d   García Rendón, Vidal ^d  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c Onchocerciasis Elimination Program for the Americas   (Guatemala)

^d SECRETARÍA DE SALUD   (Mexico)

^e CARTER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; IVERMECTIN;

ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; ARTICLE; CORNEA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; MEXICO; NONHUMAN; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIMULIUM; SIMULIUM OCHRACEUM;

EID: 77954585567     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2010.09-0544     Document Type: Article

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