Linking global hiv/aids treatments with national programs for the control and elimination of the neglected tropical diseases

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Noblick, Julie ^a   Skolnik, Richard ^a   Hotez, Peter J ^b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; IVERMECTIN; MEBENDAZOLE; PRAZIQUANTEL;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; COMMUNITY CARE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDITORIAL; EVALUATION RESEARCH; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HELMINTHIASIS; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PATHOGENESIS; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; TREATMENT PLANNING; TROPICAL DISEASE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTESTINE INFECTION; LEISHMANIASIS; METHODOLOGY; NEGLECTED DISEASE; PUBLIC HEALTH; TROPICAL MEDICINE;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; HELMINTHIASIS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; LEISHMANIASIS; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; NEGLECTED DISEASES; TROPICAL MEDICINE;

EID: 79960968523     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001022     Document Type: Editorial

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