Elimination of neglected diseases in Latin America and the Caribbean: A mapping of selected diseases

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Schneider, Maria Cristina ^a   Aguilera, Ximena Paz ^a   da Silva Junior, Jarbas Barbosa ^a   Ault, Steven Kenyon ^a   Najera, Patricia ^a   Martinez, Julio ^a   Requejo, Raquel ^a   Nicholls, Ruben Santiago ^a   Yadon, Zaida ^a   Silva, Juan Carlos ^a   Leanes, Luis Fernando ^a   Periago, Mirta Roses ^a  

^a PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CENTRAL AMERICA; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE CONTROL; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HELMINTH; LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS; NEGLECTED DISEASE; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; RABIES; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; TRACHOMA; TREATMENT PLANNING; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; METHODOLOGY; TOPOGRAPHY;

CARIBBEAN REGION; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL; HUMANS; LATIN AMERICA; NEGLECTED DISEASES; ONCHOCERCIASIS; RABIES; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; TOPOGRAPHY, MEDICAL; TRACHOMA;

EID: 79952472938     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000964     Document Type: Article

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