The place of leprosy in the control-elimination-eradication spectrum [2]

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 83, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 558-

  Awofeso, Niyi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEPROSY;

CONTROL ELIMINATION ERADICATION PARADIGM; ERADICATION THERAPY; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; LEPROSY CONTROL; LETTER; MICROBIOLOGY; POLIOMYELITIS; SMALLPOX;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; HUMANS; LEPROSY; PREVALENCE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; WORLD HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 22344436332     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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