Lymphatic Filariasis in Nigeria; Micro-stratification Overlap Mapping (MOM) as a Prerequisite for Cost-Effective Resource Utilization in Control and Surveillance

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Okorie, Patricia N ^a   Ademowo, George O ^a   Saka, Yisa ^b   Davies, Emmanuel ^b   Okoronkwo, Chukwu ^b   Bockarie, Moses J ^c   Molyneux, David H ^c   Kelly Hope, Louise A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b Federal Ministry of Health   (Nigeria)

^c LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; IVERMECTIN;

ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; BED NET; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE ELIMINATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; HUMAN; HYDROCELE; IMMUNOAFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; LOA LOA; LOIASIS; LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS; LYMPHEDEMA; MALARIA; MICROFILARIA; MORBIDITY; NIGERIA; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PREVALENCE; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

ANIMALS; ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; HUMANS; NIGERIA; PREVALENCE; TOPOGRAPHY, MEDICAL; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 84884677025     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002416     Document Type: Article

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