Natural history, trend of prevalence and spectrum of manifestations of Bancroftian filarial disease in Pondicherry (South India)

Acta Tropica

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 9-18

  Surendran, K ^a   Pani, S P ^b   Soudarssanane, M B ^a   Srinivasa, D K ^a   Bordolai, P C ^a   Subramanian, S ^b  

^a JAWAHARLAL INSTITUTE OF POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b VECTOR CONTROL RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Adenolymphangitis; Bancroftian filariasis; Hydrocele; India; Lymphoedema

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; FILARIASIS; HUMAN; HYDROCELE; INDIA; LYMPHANGITIS; LYMPHEDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0029867366     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0001-706X(95)00136-3     Document Type: Article

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