Human Echinococcosis: A Neglected Disease?

Tropical Medicine and Health

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 283-292

  Craig, Philip S ^a   Budke, Christine M ^b   Schantz, Peter M ^c   Li, Tiaoying ^d   Qiu, Jiamin ^d   Yang, Yurong ^e   Zeyhle, Eberhard ^f   Ito, Akira ^g   Rogan, Michael T ^h  

^a WHO Informal Working Groups   (Japan)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d Cestode Diseases Prevention and Control Group   (China)

^e NINGXIA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f AMREF HEALTH AFRICA   (Kenya)

^g ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^h UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

burden; echinococcosis; neglected disease

Indexed keywords

EID: 69549105533     PISSN: 13488945     EISSN: 13494147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2149/tmh.35.283     Document Type: Article

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