Schistosomiasis research in Africa: How the CONTRAST alliance made it happen

Acta Tropica

Volumn 128, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 182-195

  Utzinger, Jürg ^a,b   Brattig, Norbert W ^c   Kristensen, Thomas K ^d,e  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Africa; Control; Elimination; Schistosomiasis; Surveillance; Transmission

Indexed keywords

PRAZIQUANTEL;

DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; SCHISTOSOMIASIS;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; DENMARK; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE ELIMINATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SKILL; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

AFRICA; CONTROL; ELIMINATION; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SURVEILLANCE; TRANSMISSION;

AFRICA; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE ERADICATION; EUROPEAN UNION; HUMANS; SCHISTOSOMIASIS;

EID: 84885468011     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: 18736254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2013.08.011     Document Type: Article

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