The interruption of Onchocerca volvulus and Wuchereria bancrofti transmission by integrated chemotherapy in the Obongi focus, North Western Uganda.
Few studies have documented the interruption of onchocerciasis and Lymphatic Filariasis (LF) by integrated chemotherapy in Uganda. The study describes the interruption of transmission of the two diseases co-endemic in Obongi focus, north western Uganda. Base line data for Onchocerciasis and LF were...
Main Authors: | Lakwo Thomson Luroni, Matwale Gabriel, Edridah Tukahebwa, Ambrose Winston Onapa, Benjamin Tinkitina, Ephraim Tukesiga, Michael Nyaraga, Anna Mary Auma, Peace Habomugisha, Edson Byamukama, David Oguttu, Moses Katabarwa, Thomas Raymond Unnasch |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2017-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5734780?pdf=render |
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