From river blindness to river epilepsy: Implications for onchocerciasis elimination programmes

被引：45
作者：
Colebunders, Robert [1 ]
Fodjo, Joseph Nelson Siewe [1 ]
Hopkins, Adrian [2 ]
Hotterbeekx, An [1 ]
Lakwo, Thomson L. [3 ]
Kalinga, Akili [4 ]
Logora, Makoy Yibi [5 ]
Basanez, Maria-Gloria [6 ,7 ]
机构：
[1] Univ Antwerp, Global Hlth Inst, Antwerp, Belgium
[2] Neglected & Disabling Dis Poverty Consultant, Gravesend, Kent, England
[3] Minist Hlth, Neglected Trop Dis Control Programme, Kampala, Uganda
[4] Minist Hlth, Natl Inst Med Res, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
[5] Minist Hlth, Neglected Trop Dis Unit, Juba, South Sudan
[6] Imperial Coll London, London Ctr Neglected Trop Dis Res, London, England
[7] Imperial Coll London, MRC Ctr Global Infect Dis Anal MRC GIDA, London, England
来源：
PLOS NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES | 2019年 / 13卷 / 07期
基金：
英国医学研究理事会; 欧洲研究理事会;
关键词：
MARIDI COUNTY; SOUTH SUDAN; VILLAGES;
D O I：
10.1371/journal.pntd.0007407
中图分类号：
R51 [传染病];
学科分类号：
100401 ;
摘要：
[No abstract available]
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