Onchocerciasis in West Africa after 2002: A challenge to take up

Parasite

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 105-111

  Hougard, Jean Marc ^a   Yameogo, L ^b   Philippon, B ^c  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b Programme OMS/OCP   (Burkina Faso)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Insecticides; Ivermectin; Onchocerciasis; Post OCP period; West Africa

Indexed keywords

ONCHOCERCA; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; SIMULIUM DAMNOSUM;

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; IVERMECTIN;

AFRICA; ANIMAL; DISEASE CARRIER; EVALUATION; EYE INFECTION; FLY; FORECASTING; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INSECT CONTROL; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MOTIVATION; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; ONCHOCERCIASIS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARASITIC SKIN DISEASE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; STATISTICS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AFRICA, WESTERN; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; EYE INFECTIONS, PARASITIC; FORECASTING; GOALS; GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS; HUMANS; INSECT CONTROL; INSECT VECTORS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; IVERMECTIN; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; ONCHOCERCIASIS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SIMULIIDAE; SKIN DISEASES, PARASITIC; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0036599487     PISSN: 1252607X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/parasite/2002092105     Document Type: Article

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