Mapping and modelling the geographical distribution and environmental limits of podoconiosis in Ethiopia

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1-18

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

^a BRIGHTON AND SUSSEX MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e ETHIOPIAN PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

^f ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^g LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^h FEDERAL MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Ethiopia)

ⁱ ARMAUER HANSEN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

^j UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^k NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^l RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHIOPIA; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS; PODOCONIOSIS; POPULATION RISK; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ELEPHANTIASIS;

ELEPHANTIASIS; ETHIOPIA; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84938565836     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003946     Document Type: Article

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