Bancroftian Filariasis Distribution and Diurnal Temperature Differences in the Southern Nile Delta

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 234-235

  Thompson, Donald F ^a   Malone, John B ^b   Harb, Mustafa ^c   Faris, Rifki ^d   Huh, Oscar K ^b   Buck, Alfred A ^e   Cline, Barnett L ^f  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Egypt)

^d AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EGYPT; FILARIASIS; HUMAN; PREVALENCE; TEMPERATURE; TIME; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

ANIMALS; EGYPT; FILARIASIS; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 0030184330     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid0203.960313     Document Type: Article

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