Lymphatic filariasis in Ghana: From research to control

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 599-601

  Gyapong, John O ^a  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Disease control; Filariasis; Funding; Ghana; Socioeconomics; Strategy; Wuchereria bancrofti

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; IVERMECTIN;

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ELEPHANTIASIS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; GHANA; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INSECT CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARASITE VECTOR; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 0033653696     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(00)90202-5     Document Type: Article

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