Dracunculiasis eradication and the legacy of the smallpox campaign: What's new and innovative? What's old and principled?

Vaccine

Volumn 29, Issue SUPPL. 4, 2011, Pages

  Richards, Frank O ^a   Ruiz Tiben, Ernesto ^a   Hopkins, Donald R ^a  

^a CARTER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dracunculiasis; Eradication; Guinea worm; Smallpox

Indexed keywords

TEMEFOS;

ARTICLE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRACUNCULIASIS; ERADICATION THERAPY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; INFECTION CONTROL; LIFE CYCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALLPOX; SUDAN;

DISEASE ERADICATION; DISINFECTION; DRACUNCULIASIS; FILTRATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; WATER PURIFICATION; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84859517696     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: 18732518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2011.07.115     Document Type: Article

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