The burden of non-filarial elephantiasis in Ethiopia

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 101, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1173-1174

  Animut, Abebe ^a  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Agricultural workers; Disease burden; Ethiopia; Immune response; Non filarial elephantiasis; Podoconiosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT;

AFRICA; AGRICULTURE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELEPHANTIASIS; ETHIOPIA; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MALARIA; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MYCOSIS; PAIN; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; TUBERCULOSIS;

AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; ELEPHANTIASIS; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RURAL HEALTH;

EID: 35648934433     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2007.08.001     Document Type: Review

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