Transmission dynamics of Wuchereria bancrofti in East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 577-581

  Bockarie, Moses ^a   Kazura, James ^b   Alexander, Neal ^a   Dagoro, Henry ^a   Bockarie, Florence ^a   Perry, Robert ^b   Alpers, Michael ^a  

^a PAPUA NEW GUINEA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Papua New Guinea)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FILARIASIS; HUMAN; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VECTOR; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

ANOPHELES PUNCTULATUS; MANSONIA; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 0029938691     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1996.54.577     Document Type: Article

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