Secondary Mapping of Lymphatic Filariasis in Haiti-Definition of Transmission Foci in Low-Prevalence Settings

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Drexler, Naomi ^a,b   Washington, Charles H ^c   Lovegrove, Maribeth ^b   Grady, Caroline ^b   Milord, Marie Denise ^c,d   Streit, Thomas ^c   Lammie, Patrick ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND POPULATION   (Haïti)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HAITI; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMUNOAFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; INFANT; LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SERODIAGNOSIS; SIMULATION; SINGLE DRUG DOSE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HAITI; HUMANS; IMMUNOCHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TOPOGRAPHY, MEDICAL;

EID: 84869012641     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001807     Document Type: Article

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