Weekly epidemiological record
18 July 2008
No. 83 (29): 256 – 260
Report from the Inter-American Conference on Onchocerciasis, November 2007
The theme of the meeting was the beginning of a new era; this theme was chosen based on conclusions made by the steering committee of the elimination program that onchocerciasis transmission has been interrupted in 4 foci in 3 countries (Colombia, Guatemala and Mexico) and in a subfocus in Ecuador. (WHO, 2008)
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