The risk and dynamics of onchocerciasis recrudescence after cessation of vector control.

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Published in Bull World Health Organ on January 01, 1991

Authors

A P Plaisier1, G J van Oortmarssen, J Remme, E S Alley, J D Habbema

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Public Health and Social Medicine, Medical Faculty, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands.

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