Integrated mapping of lymphatic filariasis and podoconiosis: Lessons learnt from Ethiopia

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Sime, Heven ^a   Deribe, Kebede ^b,c   Assefa, Ashenafi ^a   Newport, Melanie J ^a   Enquselassie, Fikre ^c   Gebretsadik, Abeba ^a   Kebede, Amha ^a   Hailu, Asrat ^c   Shafi, Oumer ^d   Aseffa, Abraham ^e   Reithinger, Richard ^f   Brooker, Simon J ^g   Pullan, Rachel L ^g   Cano, Jorge ^g   Meribo, Kadu ^d   Pavluck, Alex ^h   Bockarie, Moses J ⁱ   Rebollo, Maria P ⁱ   Davey, Gail ^a  

^a ETHIOPIAN PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

^b BRIGHTON AND SUSSEX MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^d FEDERAL MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Ethiopia)

^e ARMAUER HANSEN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

^f RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

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

^h Neglected Tropical Diseases Support Centre The Task Force for Global Health   (United States)

ⁱ LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Elephantiasis; Ethiopia; Integrated; Lymphatic filariasis; Lymphedema; Mapping; Podoconiosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; GEOGRAPHIC POSITIONING SYSTEM; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; LEG SWELLING; LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PODOCONIOSIS; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI; ANIMAL; BLOOD; ECONOMICS; ELEPHANTIASIS; ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL; FACTUAL DATABASE; HEALTH SURVEY; IMMUNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; MOBILE PHONE; PARASITOLOGY; RESEARCH;

PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; CELL PHONES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ELEPHANTIASIS; ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL; ETHIOPIA; HUMANS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RESEARCH; RESEARCH DESIGN; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 84906931691     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-7-397     Document Type: Article

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