Ocular onchocerciasis: current management and future prospects
This paper reviews the current management of onchocerciasis and its future prospects. Onchocerciasis is a disease affecting millions of people in Africa, South and Central America, and Yemen. It is spread by the blackfly as a vector and caused by the filarial nematode, Onchocerca volvulus. A serious...
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Language: | English |
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Dove Medical Press
2011
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Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3206119/ |