Yaws resurgence in Bankim, Cameroon: The relative effectiveness of different means of detection in rural communities

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2017, Pages

  Boock, Alphonse Um ^a   Awah, Paschal Kum ^b   Mou, Ferdinand ^a,b   Nichter, Mark ^c  

^a FAIRMED   (Cameroon)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BACTERIAL CLEARANCE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE RE-EMERGENCE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MASS SCREENING; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; YAWS; CAMEROON; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; RURAL POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAMEROON; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL POPULATION; YAWS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85020481152     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0005557     Document Type: Article

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