Human infection patterns and heterogeneous exposure in river blindness.

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Published in Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A on October 10, 2005

Authors

João A N Filipe1, Michel Boussinesq, Alfons Renz, Richard C Collins, Sarai Vivas-Martinez, María-Eugenia Grillet, Mark P Little, María-Gloria Basáñez

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London, Norfolk Place, London W2 1PG, United Kingdom. joao.filipe@lshtm.ac.uk

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