Evidence for Suppression of Onchocerciasis Transmission in Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea

Laura Moya; Zaida Herrador; Thuy Huong Ta-Tang; Jose Miguel Rubio; Maria Jesús Perteguer; Ana Hernandez-González; Belén García; Rufino Nguema; Justino Nguema; Policarpo Ncogo; Teresa Garate; Agustín Benito; Anacleto Sima; Pilar Aparicio

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0004829

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Evidence for Suppression of Onchocerciasis Transmission in Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea

Laura Moya ,

* E-mail: lmoyaalonso@yahoo.es

Affiliations Jimenez Diaz Foundation, Madrid, Spain, National Center for Tropical Medicine, Institute of Health Carlos III, Madrid, Spain

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2753-3352

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Zaida Herrador,

Affiliations National Center for Tropical Medicine, Institute of Health Carlos III, Madrid, Spain, Network Biomedical Research on Tropical Diseases (RICET in Spanish), Madrid, Spain
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Thuy Huong Ta-Tang,

Affiliation Malaria & Other Emerging Parasitic Diseases Laboratory, National Microbiology Center, Institute of Health Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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Jose Miguel Rubio,

Affiliations Network Biomedical Research on Tropical Diseases (RICET in Spanish), Madrid, Spain, Malaria & Other Emerging Parasitic Diseases Laboratory, National Microbiology Center, Institute of Health Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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Maria Jesús Perteguer,

Affiliations Network Biomedical Research on Tropical Diseases (RICET in Spanish), Madrid, Spain, Malaria & Other Emerging Parasitic Diseases Laboratory, National Microbiology Center, Institute of Health Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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Ana Hernandez-González,

Affiliation Malaria & Other Emerging Parasitic Diseases Laboratory, National Microbiology Center, Institute of Health Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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Belén García,

Affiliation National Center for Tropical Medicine, Institute of Health Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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Rufino Nguema,

Affiliation National Program for Onchocerciasis and other Filariasis Control, Ministry of Health, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea
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Justino Nguema,

Affiliation National Program for Onchocerciasis and other Filariasis Control, Ministry of Health, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea
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Policarpo Ncogo,

Affiliation National Center for Tropical Medicine, Institute of Health Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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Teresa Garate,

Affiliations Network Biomedical Research on Tropical Diseases (RICET in Spanish), Madrid, Spain, Malaria & Other Emerging Parasitic Diseases Laboratory, National Microbiology Center, Institute of Health Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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Agustín Benito,

Affiliations National Center for Tropical Medicine, Institute of Health Carlos III, Madrid, Spain, Network Biomedical Research on Tropical Diseases (RICET in Spanish), Madrid, Spain
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Anacleto Sima,

Affiliation National Program for Onchocerciasis and other Filariasis Control, Ministry of Health, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea
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Pilar Aparicio

Affiliations National Center for Tropical Medicine, Institute of Health Carlos III, Madrid, Spain, Network Biomedical Research on Tropical Diseases (RICET in Spanish), Madrid, Spain
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Evidence for Suppression of Onchocerciasis Transmission in Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea

Laura Moya,
Zaida Herrador,
Thuy Huong Ta-Tang,
Jose Miguel Rubio,
Maria Jesús Perteguer,
Ana Hernandez-González,
Belén García,
Rufino Nguema,
Justino Nguema,
Policarpo Ncogo

Published: July 22, 2016
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004829

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