Ten Years of Podoconiosis Research in Ethiopia

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Deribe, Kebede ^a,b   Tomczyk, Sara ^c   Tekola Ayele, Fasil ^d  

^a BRIGHTON AND SUSSEX MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^d NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DERMATOLOGY LIFE QUALITY INDEX; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHIOPIA; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORBIDITY; PATHOGEN LOAD; PODOCONIOSIS; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; STAGING;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; ELEPHANTIASIS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; ETHIOPIA; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS;

EID: 84887275524     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002301     Document Type: Article

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