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Incidence of Blindness during the Onchocerciasis Control Programme in Western Africa, 1971–2002

Author(s) -

Mark P. Little,

Marı́a-Gloria Basáñez,

Lutz P. Breitling,

Boakye A. Boatin,

E. S. Alley

Publication year - 2004

Publication title -

the journal of infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.69

H-Index - 252

eISSN - 1537-6613

pISSN - 0022-1899

DOI - 10.1086/383326

Subject(s) - onchocerciasis , onchocerca volvulus , incidence (geometry) , medicine , microfilaria , poisson regression , ivermectin , blindness , cohort study , cohort , demography , pediatrics , optometry , environmental health , immunology , filariasis , population , veterinary medicine , helminths , physics , sociology , optics

Infection with Onchocerca volvulus is associated with the prevalence of severe visual impairment and blindness. However, longitudinal studies of the incidence of blindness caused by onchocerciasis are scarce.

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