The Burden of Parasitic Zoonoses in Nepal: A Systematic Review

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 56-

  Devleesschauwer, Brecht ^a,b   Ale, Anita ^c   Torgerson, Paul ^d   Praet, Nicolas ^e   Maertens de Noordhout, Charline ^b   Dev Pandey, Basu ^f   Pun, Sher Bahadur ^g   Lake, Rob ^h   Vercruysse, Jozef ^a   Datt Joshi, Duga ^c   Havelaar, Arie H ^i,j   Duchateau, Luc ^a   Dorny, Pierre ^a,e   Speybroeck, Niko ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^c National Zoonoses and Food Hygiene Research Centre NZFHRC   (Nepal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^f NEPAL INTERNATIONAL CLINIC   (Nepal)

^g Sukraraj Tropical and Infectious Disease Hospital Kathmandu   (Nepal)

^h ESR Christchurch Science Centre   (New Zealand)

ⁱ NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^j UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; NEPAL; PARASITE LOAD; PREVALENCE; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ZOONOSIS; ANIMAL; ENDEMIC DISEASE; PARASITOSIS;

ANIMALS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; HUMANS; NEPAL; PARASITIC DISEASES; PREVALENCE; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84893787192     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002634     Document Type: Review

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