One hundred years after its discovery in Guatemala by Rodolfo robles, Onchocerca volvulus transmission has been eliminated from the central endemic zone

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1295-1304

  Richards, Frank ^a   Rizzo, Nidia ^a,b   Espinoza, Carlos Enrique Diaz ^a,c   Monroy, Zoraida Morales ^a,d   Valdez, Carol Guillermina Crovella ^a,d   De Cabrera, Renata Mendizabal ^a,b   De Leon, Oscar ^a,b   Zea Flores, Guillermo ^a,e   Sauerbrey, Mauricio ^a,f   Morales, Alba Lucia ^a,f   Rios, Dalila ^a,f   Unnasch, Thomas R ^a,g   Hassan, Hassan K ^a,g   Klein, Robert ^a,h   Eberhard, Mark ^a,i   Cupp, Ed ^a,j   Domínguez, Alfredo ^a,f  

^a CARTER CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DEL VALLE DE GUATEMALA   (Guatemala)

^c Laboratorio Nacional de Salud   (Guatemala)

^d Laboratorio Nacional de Salud Guatemala   (Guatemala)

^e Ciudad de Guatemala ^*  (Guatemala)

^f Edificio Murano Center   (Guatemala)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^h Medical Entomology Research and Training Unit   (United States)

ⁱ CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^j AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; ANTIFILARIAL AGENT; IVERMECTIN;

ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; DISEASE ELIMINATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GUATEMALA; HUMAN; MICROFILARIA; NONHUMAN; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PARASITE PREVALENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIMULIUM; SIMULIUM OCHRACEUM; SLIT LAMP; ANIMAL; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE ERADICATION; EYE; FEMALE; INSECT CONTROL; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SIMULIIDAE; SKIN; TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE ERADICATION; EYE; FEMALE; FILARICIDES; GUATEMALA; HUMANS; INSECT CONTROL; INSECT VECTORS; IVERMECTIN; MALE; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; ONCHOCERCIASIS; SIMULIIDAE; SKIN;

EID: 84949644258     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.15-0364     Document Type: Article

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