Yaws eradication: past efforts and future perspectives.

نویسندگان

  • Kingsley Asiedu
  • Bernard Amouzou
  • Akshay Dhariwal
  • Marc Karam
  • Derek Lobo
  • Sarat Patnaik
  • André Meheus
چکیده

a Department of Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases, World Health Organization, 20 avenue Appia, 1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland. b Retired, Lomé, Togo. c Department of Parasitic Diseases, National Institute of Communicable Diseases, Delhi, India. d Retired, Crozet, France. e Retired, Mangalore, India. f National Institute of Communicable Diseases, Rajahmundry, India. g Epidemiology and Social Medicine, University of Antwerp, Belgium.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Bulletin of the World Health Organization

دوره 86 7  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2008