The current state of the Onchocerciasis control Programme in West Africa

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 209-214

  Boatin, Boakye A ^a  

^a African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control Ouagadougou   (Burkina Faso)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE; IVERMECTIN; ORGANOPHOSPHATE;

AFRICA; BREEDING; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EVALUATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MICROFILARIA; NONHUMAN; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; WORM INFECTION; ZOOLOGY;

AFRICA, WESTERN; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0142042469     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: 17581133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/004947550303300407     Document Type: Article

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