From health advice to taboo: community perspectives on the treatment of sleeping sickness in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a qualitative study

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From health advice to taboo: community perspectives on the treatment of sleeping sickness in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a qualitative study is …
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P356DOI10.1371/JOURNAL.PNTD.0003686
P932PMC publication ID4391751
P698PubMed publication ID25856578
P5875ResearchGate publication ID274724864

P50authorPascal LutumbaQ28817154
Marleen BoelaertQ28817180
Raquel Inocêncio da LuzQ41844171
P2093author name stringDavid Hendrickx
Alain Mpanya
Crispin Lumbala
Sylvain Baloji
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P275copyright licenseCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 InternationalQ20007257
P6216copyright statuscopyrightedQ50423863
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P407language of work or nameEnglishQ1860
P921main subjectDemocratic Republic of the CongoQ974
African trypanosomiasisQ203133
P304page(s)e0003686
P577publication date2015-04-09
P1433published inPLoS Neglected Tropical DiseasesQ3359737
P1476titleFrom health advice to taboo: community perspectives on the treatment of sleeping sickness in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a qualitative study
P478volume9

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