Tungiasis: A neglected health problem in rural cameroon

International Journal of Collaborative Research on Internal Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 2-10

  Collins, George ^a   McLeod, Thomas ^a   Konfor, Njilah Isaac ^b   Lamnyam, Clarisse B ^c   Ngarka, Leo ^d   Njamnshi, Nfor Leo ^d  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNDP ^*  (Cameroon)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BUEA   (Cameroon)

^d UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Cameroon; Epidemiology; Jigger flea; Parasite; Tunga penetrans; Tungiasis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; CAMEROON; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FLEA; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA; RURAL POPULATION; SAND FLEA; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; TUNGIASIS;

EID: 77951188805     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18404529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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