Epidemiology of acute filarial episodes caused by Wuchereria bancrofti infection in two rural villages in Tamil Nadu, South India

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 639-643

  Ramaiah, K D ^a   Ramu, K ^a   Kumar, K N Vijay ^a   Guyatt, Helen ^b  

^a VECTOR CONTROL RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adenolymphangitis; Epidemiology; Filariasis; India; Wuchereria bancrofti

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FEVER; FILARIASIS; GENDER; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INFECTION CONTROL; INGUINAL LYMPH NODE; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RURAL AREA; SEASONAL VARIATION; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 0030475534     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(96)90415-0     Document Type: Article

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