Mapping of Bancroftian Filariasis in Cameroon: Prospects for Elimination

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2015, Pages

  Nana Djeunga, Hugues C ^a,b   Tchatchueng Mbougua, Jules B ^a   Bopda, Jean ^a   Mbickmen Tchana, Steve ^a   Elong Kana, Nathalie ^a   Nnomzo’o, Etienne ^c   Akame, Julie ^d   Tarini, Ann ^d   Zhang, Yaobi ^d   Njiokou, Flobert ^b   Kamgno, Joseph ^a,b  

^a Centre for Research on Filariasis and other Tropical Diseases (CRFilMT)   (Cameroon)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

^c MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Cameroon)

^d HELEN KELLER INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BANCROFTIAN FILARIASIS; CAMEROON; CHILD; DISEASE ELIMINATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYDROCELE; INFECTION RATE; MALE; PREVALENCE; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI; ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL; ENDEMIC DISEASE; IMMUNOAFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TOPOGRAPHY; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAMEROON; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOPOGRAPHY, MEDICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84943165152     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0004001     Document Type: Article

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