Progress in dracunculiasis eradication in Oyo state, South-west Nigeria: A case study

African Health Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 297-301

  Morenikeji, Olajumoke ^a   Asiatu, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Cyclopoid copepods; Dracunculiasis eradication; Guinea worm; Nigeria

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; HERBACEOUS AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; DRACUNCULIASIS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGERIA; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT MONITORING; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT;

ADULT; ANIMALS; DRACUNCULIASIS; DRACUNCULUS NEMATODE; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; NIGERIA; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL HEALTH; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 78650781149     PISSN: 16806905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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