A laboratory-based surveillance system for Wuchereria bancrofti in Togo: A practical model for resource-poor settings

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 988-993

  Mathieu, Els ^a   Dorkenoo, Ameyo ^b   Otogbe, Felix K J ^b   Budge, Philip J ^a   Sodahlon, Yao K ^c  

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

^b MINISTÈRE DE LA SANTÉ   (Togo)

^c Mectizan Donation Program   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS; MALARIA; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; TOGO; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

AGED; ANIMALS; ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; TOGO; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 79958733677     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2011.10-0610     Document Type: Article

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