Neglected tropical diseases, neglected data sources, and neglected issues

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Singer, Burton H ^a,b   Ryff, Carol D ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; BRUCELLA VACCINE; PRAZIQUANTEL;

ANIMAL HEALTH; ARTICLE; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; BLASTOCYSTIS HOMINIS; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOLIMAX; ENTAMOEBA; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH STATISTICS; HEALTH STATUS; HELMINTHIASIS; HOOKWORM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALARIA; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEGLECT; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARASITISM; PATIENT CARE; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; PROPHYLAXIS; QUALITY CONTROL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; TRICHURIS; TROPICAL DISEASE; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED STATES; VETERINARY MEDICINE; WATER QUALITY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; WORM EXPULSION; ZOONOSIS; ANIMAL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH; MALE; METHODOLOGY; POVERTY; STATISTICS; TROPICAL MEDICINE;

ANIMALS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POVERTY; TROPICAL MEDICINE; WORLD HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 44749093273     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000104     Document Type: Article

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