Innovative tools for assessing risks for severe adverse events in areas of overlapping Loa loa and other filarial distributions: The application of micro-stratification mapping

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Kelly Hope, Louise A ^a   Cano, Jorge ^b   Stanton, Michelle C ^a   Bockarie, Moses J ^a   Molyneux, David H ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Democratic Republic of Congo; Loa loa; Lymphatic filariasis; Micro stratification mapping; Onchocerciasis; RAPLOA; Severe adverse events

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONGO; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; HUMAN; LOIASIS; MICRO STRATIFICATION MAPPING; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PARASITE PREVALENCE; POPULATION RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; ANIMAL; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; LOA; PATHOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR;

ANIMALS; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; HUMANS; LOA; LOIASIS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84904687637     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-7-307     Document Type: Article

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