Discovery of a new focus of human onchocerciasis in central Brazil.

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Published in Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg on October 14, 1999

Authors

M Maia-Herzog1, A J Shelley, J E Bradley, A P Luna Dias, R H Calvão, C Lowry, M Camargo, J M Rubio, R J Post, G E Coelho

Author Affiliations

1: Departamento de Entomologia, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. mherzog@gene.dbbm.fiocruz.br

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