Elimination of tropical disease through surveillance and response

Infectious Diseases of Poverty

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-5

  Zhou, Xiao Nong ^a,b   Bergquist, Robert ^c   Tanner, Marcel ^d,e  

^a CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^b BEIJING HOSPITAL   (China)

^c Ingerod ^*  (Sweden)

^d SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE ERADICATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EDITORIAL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; TROPICAL DISEASE;

EID: 84876008190     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20499957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2049-9957-2-1     Document Type: Editorial

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