First WHO Meeting of Stakeholders on Elimination of Gambiense Human African Trypanosomiasis

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2014, Pages

  Holmes, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNITY CARE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MORBIDITY; NEGLECTED DISEASE; TRYPANOSOMA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84920547215     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003244     Document Type: Article

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