Onchocerca volvulus DNA probe classification correlates with epidemiologic patterns of blindness.

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Published in J Infect Dis on May 01, 1992

Authors

P A Zimmerman1, K Y Dadzie, G De Sole, J Remme, E S Alley, T R Unnasch

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Medicine, University of Alabama, Birmingham 35294.

Associated clinical trials:

Ocular Changes After Ivermectin - (DOLF IVM/Oncho) | NCT03517462

Safety and Efficacy of IDA for Onchocerciasis (DOLF IDA/Oncho) | NCT04188301

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