Mapping the Burden of Visual Impairment Due to Onchocerciasis Infection in Central Africa from 1990 to 2019

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Xiaoe Fan,1,* Junying Li,2,* Gantugs Yundendorj,3 Yajian Duan,4 Shunming Liu,5 Jinghua Jiao,6,7 Lei Liu5 1Department of Ophthalmology, Jincheng People’s Hospital, Jincheng, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Cataract Surgery, Baotou Chaoju Eye Hospital, Baotou, Inner Mongolia, People’s Republic of China; 3Department of Health Policy, School of Public Health, Mongolian National University of Medical Sciences, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia; 4Department of Ophthalmology, Shanxi Bethune Hospital, Shanxi Academy of Medical Science, Tongji Shanxi Hospital, Third Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, People’s Republic of China; 5Guangdong Eye Institute, Department of Ophthalmology, Guangdong Provincial People’s Hospital (Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences), Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China; 6Department of Anesthesiology, Guangzhou Eighth People’s Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China; 7Department of Anesthesiology, Central Hospital Affiliated to Shenyang Medical College, Shenyang, Liaoning, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Xiaoe Fan, Department of Ophthalmology, Jincheng People’s Hospital, Jincheng, People’s Republic of China, Email [email protected] Jinghua Jiao, Department of Anesthesiology, Guangzhou Eighth People’s Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China, Email [email protected]