Continuing communicable disease burden in Eritrea

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 221-224

  Mufunda, J ^a   Nyarango, P ^a   Kosia, A ^b   Ogbamariam, A ^c   Mebrahtu, G ^c   Usman, A ^c   Gebresillosie, S ^c   Goitom, S ^c   Araya, E ^b   Andemichaell, G ^b   Gebremichael, A ^a  

^a Orotta School of Medicine   (Eritrea)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c Ministry of Health   (Eritrea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ERITREA; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TUBERCULOSIS;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DIARRHEA; ERITREA; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; REGISTRIES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 33645323753     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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