Discovery of a new focus of human onchoc
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M. Maia-Herzog; A.J. Shelley; J.E. Bradley; A.P.A.Luna Dias; R.H.S. CalvΓ£o; C. L
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Article
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1999
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Elsevier Science
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English
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An autochthonous case of human onchocerciasis was reported 13 years ago in the town of Minaqu, northern Goiis (Brazil), but a subsequent survey of the population using the traditional technique of examining skin biopsies with the light microscope failed to detect other cases. Recent surveys using mo