Yaws Eradication: Facing Old Problems, Raising New Hopes

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Rinaldi, Andrea ^a  

^a Science Writer   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; BENZATHINE PENICILLIN; PENICILLIN G;

ARTICLE; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; YAWS;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE ERADICATION; HUMANS; WORLD HEALTH; YAWS;

EID: 84870751145     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001837     Document Type: Article

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