Cross-validation of the rapid epidemiological mapping of onchocerciasis endemicity in Anambra state, Nigeria

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 93, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 721-726

  Abanobi, O C ^a,b  

^a ABIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b Plot B 36   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGERIA; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PIGMENT DISORDER; PREVALENCE; SKIN NODULE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; AGED; ENDEMIC DISEASES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

NEMATODA; PANTHERA PARDUS;

EID: 0032703155     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00034989957970     Document Type: Article

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