Human Infection Patterns and Heterogeneous Exposure in River Blindness
Human Infection Patterns and Heterogeneous Exposure in River Blindness
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United States: National Academy of Sciences
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English
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United States: National Academy of Sciences
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Here we analyze patterns of human infection with Onchocerca volvulus (the cause of river blindness) in different continents and ecologies. In contrast with some geohelminths and schistosome parasites whose worm burdens typically exhibit a humped pattern with host age, patterns of O. volvulus infection vary markedly with locality. To test the hypoth...
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Human Infection Patterns and Heterogeneous Exposure in River Blindness
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TN_cdi_proquest_journals_201359532
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_journals_201359532
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0027-8424
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1091-6490
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10.1073/pnas.0502659102
