Maternal filarial infection as risk factor for infection in children

The Lancet

Volumn 337, Issue 8748, 1991, Pages 1005-1006

  Lammie, P J ^a   Hitch, W L ^a   Walker, E M ^a   Hightower, A W ^a   Eberhard, M L ^a  

^a NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FETUS; FILARIASIS; HAITI; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

ANIMAL; CHILD; ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL; EVALUATION STUDIES; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HAITI; HUMAN; MALE; MOTHERS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SPACE-TIME CLUSTERING; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 0025756799     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0140-6736(91)92661-K     Document Type: Article

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