Validity of nodule palpation in a Simulium neavei-transmitted onchocerciasis area in Uganda

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 128-131

  Kipp, Walter ^a   Bamhuhiiga, Jotham ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IVERMECTIN;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATITIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROFILARIA; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PALPATION; PREVALENCE; SIMULIUM; SIMULIUM NEAVEI; UGANDA; VALIDATION PROCESS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

PROTOZOA; SIMULIUM NEAVEI;

EID: 0036656385     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2002.67.128     Document Type: Article

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