Final report of the Conference on the eradicability of Onchocerciasis

Filaria Journal

Volumn 2, Issue , 2003, Pages

  Dadzie, Yankum ^a   Neira, Maria ^b   Hopkins, Donald ^a  

^a CARTER CENTER   (United States)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; AMOCARZINE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFILARIAL AGENT; AVERMECTIN DERIVATIVE; AZITHROMYCIN; CASSIA EXTRACT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CHRYSOPHANIC ACID; DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE; DNA; DOXYCYCLINE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; IVERMECTIN; MEBENDAZOLE; MELARSONYL POTASSIUM; METOBETHIAMIDE; METRIFONATE; MOXIDECTIN; PARASITE ANTIBODY; PARASITE ANTIGEN; RIFAMPICIN; SURAMIN; TETRACYCLINE; VACCINE;

AFRICA; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESISTANCE; DRUG STRUCTURE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ERADICATION THERAPY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FLY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; LOA LOA; MEDICAL EXPERT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION; NONHUMAN; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VECTOR; PATCH TEST; POLITICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION MIGRATION; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SIDE EFFECT; SIMULIUM; SOCIAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES; VECTOR CONTROL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; YEMEN; ZOOLOGY;

EID: 0038101035     PISSN: 14752883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2883-2-2     Document Type: Article

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