Seventh meeting of the Global Alliance to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis: Reaching the vision by scaling up, scaling down, and reaching out

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Brady, Molly ^a,b  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Lymphatic filariasis; Neglected tropical diseases; Review

Indexed keywords

ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL; HUMANS; NEGLECTED DISEASES;

EID: 84892756442     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-7-46     Document Type: Conference Paper

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