Onchocerciasis in pre-primary school children in Nigeria: Lessons for onchocerciasis country control programme

Acta Tropica

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 211-215

  Nwaorgu, O C ^a   Okeibunor, J C ^b  

^a NNAMDI AZIKIWE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Control programme; Onchocerciasis; Pre primary school children

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE CONTROL; ONCHOCERCIASIS;

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NIGERIA; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; ONCHOCERCIASIS; POPULATION RISK; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MICROFILARIA; NIGERIA; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PREVALENCE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SKIN;

NIGERIA;

ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS;

EID: 0032747191     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(99)00023-6     Document Type: Article

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