The tail end of guinea worm - Global eradication without a drug or a vaccine

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 356, Issue 25, 2007, Pages 2561-2564

  Barry, Michele ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; VACCINE;

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRACUNCULIASIS; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SHORT SURVEY; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SUPPLY; WORM;

EID: 34250770400     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp078089     Document Type: Article

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