Monitoring the elimination of human African trypanosomiasis: Update to 2014

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2017, Pages

  Franco, José R ^a   Cecchi, Giuliano ^b   Priotto, Gerardo ^a   Paone, Massimo ^c   Diarra, Abdoulaye ^a   Grout, Lise ^a   Mattioli, Raffaele C ^c   Argaw, Daniel ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Ethiopia)

^c FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EFLORNITHINE; MELARSOPROL; NIFURTIMOX; PENTAMIDINE; SURAMIN;

AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; ALARM MONITORING; ARTICLE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATHOGEN CLEARANCE; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION RISK; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; DISEASE ERADICATION; GLOBAL HEALTH; INCIDENCE; TOPOGRAPHY; TRYPANOSOMIASIS, AFRICAN;

DISEASE ERADICATION; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; TOPOGRAPHY, MEDICAL; TRYPANOSOMIASIS, AFRICAN;

EID: 85020451055     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0005585     Document Type: Article

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