A word of caution against the stigma trend in neglected tropical disease research and control

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 3, Issue 10, 2009, Pages

  Ribera, Joan Muela ^a   Grietens, Koen Peeters ^a   Toomer, Elizabeth ^a   Hausmann Muela, Susanna ^a  

^a PASS International   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BURULI ULCER; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE EXACERBATION; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; LEPROSY; ONCHOCERCIASIS; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SCABIES; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STIGMA; SYPHILIS; THERAPY DELAY; TROPICAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TROPICAL MEDICINE;

BURULI ULCER; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; HUMANS; MALE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ISOLATION; TROPICAL MEDICINE;

EID: 70449480783     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000445     Document Type: Conference Paper

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