Of mice, cattle, and humans: the immunology and treatment of river blindness.

River blindness is a seriously debilitating disease caused by the filarial parasite Onchocerca volvulus, which infects millions in Africa as well as in South and Central America. Research has been hampered by a lack of good animal models, as the parasite can only develop fully in humans and some pri...

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Auteurs principaux: Judith E Allen, Ohene Adjei, Odile Bain, Achim Hoerauf, Wolfgang H Hoffmann, Benjamin L Makepeace, Hartwig Schulz-Key, Vincent N Tanya, Alexander J Trees, Samuel Wanji, David W Taylor
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Langue:EN
Publié: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2008
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Accès en ligne:https://doaj.org/article/9d1f33605a1b4e62a09a3c957b063a9e
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