Little Andaman island, a new focus of infection with nocturnally periodic Wuchereria bancrofti

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 104, Issue AUG., 1996, Pages 166-170

  Shriram, A N ^a   Sugunan, A P ^a   Murhekar, M V ^a   Sehgal, S C ^a  

^a Regional Medical Research Centre   (India)

Author keywords

Culex quinquefasciatus; Lymphatic filariasis; Periodic Wuchereria bancrofti

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CULEX; DISEASE CARRIER; FECES ANALYSIS; FILARIASIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INDIA; INFECTION RATE; MICROFILARIA; MOSQUITO; NIGHT; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; CHILD; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIODICITY; PREVALENCE; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 0029791685     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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