Evaluation of the diethylcarbamazine patch to evaluate onchocerciasis endemicity in Central Africa

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 123-129

  Ozoh, Gladys ^a   Boussinesq, Michel ^b   Bissek, Anne Cécile Zoung Kanyi ^c   Kobangue, Léon ^d   Kombila, Maryvonne ^e   Mbina, Jean Romain Mourou ^e   Enyong, Peter ^f   Noma, Mounkaïla ^g   Sékétéli, Azodoga ^g,h   Fobi, Grace ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^c Universite de Yaounde I Faculte de Medecine   (Cameroon)

^d Centre National Hospitalier Universitaire   (Central African Republic)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DES SCIENCES DE LA SANTÉ   (Gabon)

^f Tropical Medicine Research Station   (Cameroon)

^g WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^h African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control   (Burkina Faso)

Author keywords

African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control; Central Africa; Diagnosis; Diethylcarbamazine patch test; Epidemiology; Onchocerciasis

Indexed keywords

DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE;

BASELINE SURVEY; DISEASE CONTROL; DRUG; ENDEMISM; EPIDEMIOLOGY; NEMATODE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; SKIN DISORDER;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE PATCH TEST; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EVALUATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PATCH TEST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SKIN MANIFESTATION;

CAMEROON; CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE; DRUG EVALUATION; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FILARICIDES; GABON; HUMANS; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PATCH TESTS; PREVALENCE; RURAL HEALTH;

AFRICA; CAMEROON; CENTRAL AFRICA; CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC; GABON; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS;

EID: 33845749576     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2006.01750.x     Document Type: Article

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