Prevalence study of yaws in the Democratic Republic of Congo using the Lot Quality Assurance Sampling method

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2009, Pages

  Gerstl, Sibylle ^a   Kiwila, Gédeon ^b   Dhorda, Mehul ^a,b   Lonlas, Sylvaine ^b   Myatt, Mark ^c   Ilunga, Benoît Kebela ^d   Lemasson, Denis ^b   Szumilin, Elisabeth ^b   Guerin, Philippe J ^a   Ferradini, Laurent ^a  

^a EPICENTRE   (France)

^b MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d Ministry of Health   (Congo)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMMUNITY MEDICINE; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOT QUALITY ASSURANCE SAMPLING METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REAGIN TEST; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN DEFECT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST; YAWS; LOT QUALITY ASSURANCE SAMPLING; PREVALENCE; QUALITY CONTROL;

TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; HUMANS; LOT QUALITY ASSURANCE SAMPLING; PREVALENCE; QUALITY CONTROL; YAWS;

EID: 67749144208     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0006338     Document Type: Article

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