Yaws

British Medical Bulletin

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 91-100

  Marks, Michael ^a,b,c   Mitjà, Oriol ^d,e   Solomon, Anthony W ^a,c   Asiedu, Kingsley B ^e   Mabey, David C ^a,b  

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

^b HOSPITAL FOR TROPICAL DISEASES   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d Lihir Medical Centre International SOS   (Papua New Guinea)

^e WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

eradication; neglected tropical diseases; syphilis; Yaws

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; ERADICATION THERAPY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRACHOMA; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; YAWS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ERADICATION; DRUG EFFECTS; ECONOMICS; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AZITHROMYCIN; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ERADICATION; HUMANS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; YAWS;

EID: 84924559803     PISSN: 00071420     EISSN: 14718391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bmb/ldu037     Document Type: Article

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