The use of spatial analysis in mapping the distribution of bancroftian filariasis in four West African countries

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 96, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 695-705

  Gyapong, John O ^a   Kyelem, D ^b   Kleinschmidt, I ^c   Agbo, K ^d   Ahouandogbo, F ^e   Gaba, J ^e   Owusu Banahene, G ^a   Sanou, S ^b   Sodahlon, Y K ^d   Biswas, G ^f   Kale, O O ^f   Molyneux, D H ^g   Roungou, J B ^f   Thomson, M C ^g   Remme, J ^f  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Ghana)

^b MINISTÈRE DE LA SANTÉ   (Burkina Faso)

^c SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^d Ministry of Health   (Togo)

^e Ministry of Public Health   (Benin)

^f WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^g LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FILARIASIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARASITOSIS; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA, WESTERN; AGED; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RURAL HEALTH; TOPOGRAPHY, MEDICAL; URBAN HEALTH; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

NEMATODA; WUCHERERIA; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 18744401889     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/000349802125001735     Document Type: Article

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