Integrated Rapid Mapping of Neglected Tropical Diseases in Three States of South Sudan: Survey Findings and Treatment Needs

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Finn, Timothy P ^a   Stewart, Barclay T ^a,b,c   Reid, Heidi L ^a,d   Petty, Nora ^a   Sabasio, Anthony ^a   Oguttu, David ^e   Lado, Mounir ^f   Brooker, Simon J ^b,g   Kolaczinski, Jan H ^b,h  

^a Malaria Consortium   (Sudan)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^e MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Uganda)

^f Ministry of Health   (Sudan)

^g KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^h MALARIA CONSORTIUM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; IVERMECTIN; PRAZIQUANTEL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGLECTED DISEASE; PREVALENCE; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCHISTOSOMIASIS HAEMATOBIA; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; SUDAN; TROPICAL DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL; HEALTH SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; NEGLECTED DISEASES; TROPICAL MEDICINE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEGLECTED DISEASES; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANCE; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SUDAN; TROPICAL MEDICINE; YOUNG ADULT;

SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

EID: 84871429177     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0052789     Document Type: Article

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