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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Main Authors: | Judith E Allen (Author), Ohene Adjei (Author), Odile Bain (Author), Achim Hoerauf (Author), Wolfgang H Hoffmann (Author), Benjamin L Makepeace (Author), Hartwig Schulz-Key (Author), Vincent N Tanya (Author), Alexander J Trees (Author), Samuel Wanji (Author), David W Taylor (Author) |
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2008-04-01T00:00:00Z.
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