Neglected tropical diseases in the ebola-affected countries of West Africa

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2015, Pages

  Hotez, Peter J ^a,b,c  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRAZIQUANTEL;

AFRICA; AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; ANEMIA; ASCARIASIS; CERVICAL LYMPHADENOPATHY; DENGUE; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EDITORIAL; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HUMAN; LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; NEGLECTED DISEASE; NONHUMAN; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; TRICHURIASIS; TROPICAL DISEASE;

EID: 84934755986     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003671     Document Type: Editorial

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