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 |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2008
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