Control of human African trypanosomiasis in the Quiçama focus, Angola

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 80, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 738-745

  Ruiz, José Antonio ^a   Simarro, Pere P ^a,b   Josenando, Teofilo ^c  

^a Muxima Health Centre   (Angola)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c Instituto de Combate e Controlo das Tripanossomiases   (Angola)

Author keywords

Angola (source: MeSH, NLM); Epidemiologic studies; Risk factors; Treatment failure; Trypanocidal agents; Trypanosomiasis, African epidemiology diagnosis drug therapy

Indexed keywords

MELARSOPROL; PENTAMIDINE;

DISEASE CONTROL; HEALTH RISK; RISK FACTOR; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; ANGOLA; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GLOSSINA; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT FAILURE; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMIASIS; VECTOR CONTROL;

ANGOLA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; ENDEMIC DISEASES; HUMANS; MELARSOPROL; PENTAMIDINE; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TREATMENT FAILURE; TRYPANOCIDAL AGENTS; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

ANGOLA;

EID: 0036376728     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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