Onchocerciasis in Gilgel Ghibe River Valley Southwest Ethiopia

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 116-120

  Taye, A ^c   Gebre Michael, T ^a,c   Taticheff, S ^b  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b ETHIOPIAN PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISEASES; EASTERN AFRICA; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; FLY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEASUREMENT; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ONCHOCERCIASIS; ONCHOCERCIASIS--TRANSMISSION; PARASITOLOGY; PARASITOSIS; PHYSICAL DISEASE BY BODY FUNCTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RESEARCH REPORT; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS;

AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; EASTERN AFRICA; ETHIOPIA; MEASUREMENT; ONCHOCERCIASIS--TRANSMISSION; PARASITIC DISEASES; PREVALENCE; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENDEMIC DISEASES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; FRESH WATER; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; ONCHOCERCIASIS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SIMULIIDAE;

EID: 0034137186     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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