The return of sleeping sickness in an epidemic form; international action for drugs;Terugkeer van slaapziekte in epidemische vorm; internationale actie voor geneesmiddelen

Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde

Volumn 146, Issue 52, 2002, Pages 2527-2530

  Kager, P A ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EFLORNITHINE; MELARSOPROL; PENTAMIDINE; SURAMIN;

AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; CENTRAL AFRICA; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; POPULATION MOVEMENT PATTERN; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; REVIEW; WAR;

AFRICA, CENTRAL; ANIMALS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EFLORNITHINE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MELARSOPROL; PENTAMIDINE; SURAMIN; TRYPANOCIDAL AGENTS; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI GAMBIENSE; TRYPANOSOMIASIS, AFRICAN;

EID: 0037192056     PISSN: 00282162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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