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Letter to the editor

The disappearance of onchocerciasis without intervention in Tigray Region in Northwest Ethiopia

Moses N. KatabarwaThe Carter CenterAtlanta, GA, USACorrespondence[email protected]
,
Tekola EndeshawThe Carter Center-AddisAbaba, Ethiopia
,
Aseged TayeThe Carter Center-AddisAbaba, Ethiopia
,
Zerihun TadesseThe Carter Center-AddisAbaba, Ethiopia
&
Richards O. FrankThe Carter CenterAtlanta, GA, USA
Page 123 | Published online: 26 Apr 2014

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  • Schulz-Key H. A simple technique to assess the total number of Onchocerca volvulus microfilariae in skin snips. Tropenmed Parasitol. 1978;29:51–4.
  • Katabarwa NM, Walsh F, Habomugisha P, Lakwo T, Agunyo S, Oguttu D, et al. Transmission of onchocerciasis in Wadelai focus of northwestern Uganda has been interrupted and the disease eliminated. J Parasitol Res. 2012;2012:748540.

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