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Updates on Onchocerciasis: Approach to Diagnosis and Treatment

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Vision loss carries a high degree of morbidity and is associated with higher all-cause mortality, 4 and it is our role as emergency providers to recognize potentially reversible causes of such adverse outcomes. 5 Epidemiology Onchocerciasis is endemic in 31 African countries but is also problematic in Brazil, Venezuela, and Yemen.

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A Practical Approach to HIV/AIDS: Part 1

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13 The Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) set targets for ending the HIV pandemic by 2030. HIV Prevention and Treatment: The Evolving Role of the Emergency Department. Ann Emerg Med. link] Jung AC, Paauw DS. 13 Globally, 39.9 million (36.1 million (1 million1.7 million) people. 2012;12(4):442-448.

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