Understanding the community impact of lymphatic filariasis: A review of the sociocultural literature

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 493-498

  Wynd, Shona ^a,b   Melrose, Wayne D ^b   Durrheim, David N ^b,c   Carron, Jaime ^a   Gyapong, Margaret ^d  

^a Department for International Development ^*  (Canada)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c HUNTER NEW ENGLAND HEALTH   (Australia)

^d Dodowa Health Research Centre   (Ghana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISEASE TREATMENT; ENDEMISM; FILARIASIS; HEALTH RISK; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; LITERATURE REVIEW; RESEARCH WORK;

COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; COMMUNITY CARE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FILARIASIS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIFESTYLE; LYMPH VESSEL; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM INFECTION; PARASITE VECTOR; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOLOGY;

ALBENDAZOLE; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL; FILARICIDES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; IVERMECTIN; LIFE STYLE; PREJUDICE;

EID: 34250013127     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.06.031047     Document Type: Review

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