Epidemiology and individual, household and geographical risk factors of podoconiosis in Ethiopia: Results from the first nationwide mapping

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 148-158

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

^a BRIGHTON AND SUSSEX MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

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

^c ETHIOPIAN PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

^d ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^e LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^f FEDERAL MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Ethiopia)

^g All Africa Leprosy Tuberculosis and Rehabilitation Training Centre Addis Ababa   (Ethiopia)

^h RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

ⁱ ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HYGIENE; IMMUNOAFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; INFECTION RISK; LYMPHEDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PODOCONIOSIS; RISK FACTOR; UNEMPLOYMENT; ELEPHANTIASIS; GEOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

ADULT; AGED; ELEPHANTIASIS; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84920606187     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.14-0446     Document Type: Article

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