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Spatial clustering of onchocerciasis in Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea

Author(s) -

Diana GómezBarroso,

Laura Moya,

Zaida Herrador,

Belén García,

Justino Nguema,

Policarpo Ncogo,

Pilar Aparicio,

Agustín Benito

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

the journal of infection in developing countries

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.322

H-Index - 49

eISSN - 2036-6590

pISSN - 1972-2680

DOI - 10.3855/jidc.10159

Subject(s) - onchocerciasis , geography , new guinea , cluster analysis , cartography , biology , statistics , immunology , mathematics , ethnology , history

Onchocerciasis is a chronic neglected tropical disease caused by the filarial nematode Onchocerca volvulus, which is endemic in Equatorial Guinea. The aim was to estimate the current spatial distribution of onchocerciasis, and its related factors, in Bioko Island after several years of mass drug administration and vector control activities, by using GIS technics.

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