Disease eradication

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 368, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 54-63

  Hopkins, Donald R ^a  

^a CARTER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRACUNCULIASIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFECTION CONTROL; LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS; MALARIA; ONCHOCERCIASIS; POLIOMYELITIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; STRATEGIC PLANNING; TREATMENT PLANNING; VECTOR CONTROL;

EID: 84871790738     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMra1200391     Document Type: Review

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