4) Preliminary Report of Japan-Guatemala Onchocerciasis Control Pilot Project
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4) Preliminary Report of Japan-Guatemala Onchocerciasis Control Pilot Project
In 1915 Dr. R. Robles became the first to record American onchocerciasis from Guatemala, where it is accordingly called “Robles’ Disease”. He assumed that the vectors would prove to be blackflies and recommended that nodulectomy would be the effective treatment. Since his discovery, both original research and experimental trials concerning treatment and control measures have been carried out in...
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عنوان ژورنال: Tropical Medicine and Health
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1348-8945,1349-4147
DOI: 10.2149/tmh.2015-s11