The epidemiology of acute adenolymphangitis due to lymphatic filariasis in northern Ghana

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 591-595

  Gyapong, John O ^a   Gyapong, Margaret ^a   Adjei, Sam ^a  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Ghana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELEPHANTIASIS; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; GHANA; HUMAN; INFANT; LYMPHANGITIS; LYMPHEDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 0029971133     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1996.54.591     Document Type: Article

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