Estimation of the fecund life span of Wuchereria bancrofti in an endemic area

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 119-121

  Vanamail, P ^a   Ramaiah, K D ^b   Pani, S P ^a   Das, P K ^a   Grenfell, B T ^b   Bundy, D A P ^c  

^a VECTOR CONTROL RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fecund life span; Filariasis; Wuchereria bancrofti

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; LIFESPAN; MICROFILARIASIS; NONHUMAN; STOCHASTIC MODEL; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 0029940498     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(96)90106-6     Document Type: Article

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