Interruption of Onchocerca volvulus transmission in the Abu Hamed focus, Sudan.

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• Publication year

  2013

• Venue

  American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

• Publication date

  2013-07-10

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.4269/ajtmh.13-0112PMID 23690554PMCID PMC3748488
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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