Surveillance and response: Tools and approaches for the elimination stage of neglected tropical diseases

Acta Tropica

Volumn 141, Issue Part B, 2015, Pages 229-234

  Bergquist, Robert ^a   Yang, Guo Jing ^b,c,d   Knopp, Stefanie ^e,f,g   Utzinger, Jürg ^f,g   Tanner, Marcel ^f,g  

^a Jiangsu Institute of Parasitic Diseases ^*  (Sweden)

^b JIANGSU INSTITUTE OF PARASITIC DISEASES   (China)

^c BEIJING HOSPITAL   (China)

^d Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory of Parasite Molecular Biology   (China)

^e DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^f SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Control; Elimination; Emerging infectious diseases; Neglected tropical diseases; Schistosomiasis; Surveillance and response

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISEASE TREATMENT; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; LOW INCOME POPULATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; TROPICAL REGION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; NEGLECTED DISEASE; NONHUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; TROPICAL DISEASE; UNITED KINGDOM; VECTOR CONTROL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE ERADICATION; ENDEMIC DISEASES; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; NEGLECTED DISEASES; PROCEDURES; TROPICAL MEDICINE;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASE ERADICATION; ENDEMIC DISEASES; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; HUMANS; NEGLECTED DISEASES; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; TROPICAL MEDICINE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84916887281     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: 18736254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2014.09.017     Document Type: Article

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