Waking up to sleeping sickness

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 195-197

  Stich, August ^a   Barrett, Michael P ^b   Krishna, Sanjeev ^c  

^a Medical Mission Institute   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTITRYPANOSOMAL AGENT; MELARSOPROL; ORPHAN DRUG;

AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; ANGOLA; BRAIN DISEASE; CARDIOTOXICITY; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DISEASE CARRIER; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG INDUSTRY; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; EPIDEMIC; EXFOLIATIVE DERMATITIS; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFERTILITY; SHORT SURVEY; TECHNOLOGY; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA RHODESIENSE; TSETSE FLY; VECTOR CONTROL;

GLOSSINA (PROPER); PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI RHODESIENSE;

EID: 0038404617     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1471-4922(03)00055-2     Document Type: Short Survey

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