Control of onchocerciasis-the next generation

Lancet

Volumn 369, Issue 9578, 2007, Pages 1979-1980

  Hotez, Peter J ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; ANTIPARASITIC AGENT; IVERMECTIN; MOXIDECTIN; ONCHOCERCA VACCINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE COURSE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MICROFILARIA; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SCALE UP;

EID: 34250182767     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(07)60923-4     Document Type: Note

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