Research as a Tool in the Elimination of Onchocerciasis

Adewale B and Mafe Ma
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Mafe Ma: Public Health and Epidemiology Department, Nigerian Institute of Medical Research, Nigeria

Current Trends in Biomedical Engineering & Biosciences, 2017, vol. 10, issue 1, 10-11

Abstract: Onchocerciasis is one of the five diseases referred to as preventive chemotherapy- Neglected Tropical Diseases (PC-NTDs). It affects 37 million people in 31 African countries as well as 3 countries in the Latin America and several areas in Yemen. Nigeria has the highest endemicity among countries responsible for 99% of infection globally.

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Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.19080/CTBEB.2017.10.555777

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