Ghana: Accelerating neglected tropical disease control in a setting of economic development

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作者
Hotez, Peter J. [1 ,2 ,3 ,4 ,5 ,6 ]
Biritwum, Nana-Kwadwo [7 ,8 ]
Fenwick, Alan [9 ]
Molyneux, David H. [10 ]
Sachs, Jeffrey D. [11 ]
机构
[1] Texas Childrens Hosp, Baylor Coll Med, Ctr Vaccine Dev, Natl Sch Trop Med,Dept Pediat, Houston, TX 77030 USA
[2] Texas Childrens Hosp, Baylor Coll Med, Ctr Vaccine Dev, Natl Sch Trop Med,Dept Mol Virol & Microbiol, Houston, TX 77030 USA
[3] Baylor Coll Med, Ctr Med Eth & Hlth Policy, Houston, TX 77030 USA
[4] Baylor Univ, Dept Biol, Waco, TX 76798 USA
[5] Rice Univ, James A Baker III Inst Publ Policy, Houston, TX 77005 USA
[6] Texas A&M Univ, Bush Sch Govt & Publ Policy, Scowcroft Inst Int Affairs, College Stn, TX 77843 USA
[7] Bill & Melinda Gates Fdn, Seattle, WA 98109 USA
[8] Ghana Hlth Serv, Accra, Ghana
[9] Imperial Coll London, Dept Infect Dis Epidemiol, London, England
[10] Univ Liverpool Liverpool Sch Trop Med, Liverpool, Merseyside, England
[11] Columbia Univ, Earth Inst, Ctr Sustainable Dev, New York, NY 10027 USA
来源
PLOS NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES | 2019年 / 13卷 / 01期
关键词
KINTAMPO NORTH MUNICIPALITY; SCHOOL-AGE-CHILDREN; LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS; MASS TREATMENT; HOOKWORM INFECTION; BURULI ULCER; ALBENDAZOLE; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; OESOPHAGOSTOMUM; SURVEILLANCE;
D O I
10.1371/journal.pntd.0007005
中图分类号
R51 [传染病];
学科分类号
100401 ;
摘要
[No abstract available]
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