The field-testing of a novel integrated mapping protocol for neglected tropical diseases

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Pelletreau, Sonia ^a   Nyaku, Mawuli ^a,b   Dembele, Massitan ^c   Sarr, Boubacar ^d   Budge, Philip ^a   Ross, Rachael ^a,e   Mathieu, Els ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c MINISTÈRE DE LA SANTÉ   (Mali)

^d MINISTÈRE DE LA SANTÉ   (Senegal)

^e EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; COST CONTROL; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HELMINTH; HUMAN; INTEGRATED THRESHOLD MAPPING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCHOOL CHILD; TRACHOMA; TROPICAL DISEASE; VALIDITY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HELMINTHIASIS; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; MALI; METHODOLOGY; NEGLECTED DISEASE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SENEGAL; TROPIC CLIMATE; TROPICAL MEDICINE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MALI; MAPS AS TOPIC; NEGLECTED DISEASES; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SENEGAL; TRACHOMA; TROPICAL CLIMATE; TROPICAL MEDICINE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 82555200795     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001380     Document Type: Article

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