Onchocerciasis and Chagas' disease control: The evolution of control via applied research through changing development scenarios

British Medical Bulletin

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 327-339

  Molyneux, D H ^a   Morel, C ^b  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; CHAGAS DISEASE; DISEASE CONTROL; HEALTH PROGRAM; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PARASITOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0031856648     PISSN: 00071420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.bmb.a011691     Document Type: Review

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