On the Road to Elimination of Rhodesiense Human African Trypanosomiasis: First WHO Meeting of Stakeholders

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Holmes, Peter ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; ARTICLE; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE CLEARANCE; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI RHODESIENSE; VECTOR CONTROL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84929493848     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003571     Document Type: Article

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