Trypanosoma brucei gambiense trypanosomiasis in Terego County, northern Uganda, 1996: A lot quality assurance sampling survey

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 390-394

  Hutin, Yvan J F ^a   Legros, Dominique ^a   Owini, Vincent ^b   Brown, Vincent ^a   Lee, Evan ^c   Mbulamberi, Dawson ^d   Paquet, Christophe ^a  

^a EPICENTRE   (France)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^c MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

^d Natl Sleeping Sickness Contr Prog   (Uganda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; AGED; CHI SQUARE TEST; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; POPULATION SIZE; PREVALENCE; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; TRYPANOSOMA; UGANDA;

PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI GAMBIENSE;

EID: 1942468956     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2004.70.390     Document Type: Review

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