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Updates on Onchocerciasis: Approach to Diagnosis and Treatment

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6 By 2030, it is estimated that Nigeria followed by the Democratic Republic of the Congo and South Sudan will have the greatest disease burden. The burden of skin disease and eye disease due to onchocerciasis in countries formerly under the African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control mandate for 1990, 2020, and 2030. Ramos AN, ed.

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A Practical Approach to HIV/AIDS: Part 1

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The syphilis and trichomonas tests come back negative in the ED, but his rapid HIV test is positive. How should clinicians approach the diagnosis and management of HIV in the ED? 11 These cardiovascular complications have further increased ED visits by HIV-positive patients by three times compared to individuals without HIV.

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