Editorial: Lymphatic filariasis endemicity - An indicator of poverty?

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 843-845

  Durrheim, D N ^a   Wynd, S ^a   Liese, B ^b   Gyapong, J O ^c  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

^c Health Research Unit Ghana Health Service   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Lymphatic filariasis; Malaria; Millennium development goals; Poverty

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; EDITORIAL; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FILARIASIS; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; INFECTION; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM DISEASE; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MORTALITY; POVERTY; UNITED NATIONS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL; ENDEMIC DISEASES; HUMANS; POVERTY;

EID: 4344578464     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2004.01287.x     Document Type: Editorial

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