Lymphatic filariasis on the coast of Ghana

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 634-638

  Dunyo, S K ^a   Appawu, M ^a   Nkrumah, F K ^a   Baffoe Wilmot, A ^b   Pedersen, E M ^c   Simonsen, P E ^c  

^a University of Ghana Legon   (Ghana)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Ghana)

^c DANISH BILHARZIASIS LABORATORY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Anopheles funestus; Anopheles gambiae s.l.; Elephantiasis; Filariasis; Ghana; Hydrocele; Prevalence; Vectors; Wuchereria bancrofti

Indexed keywords

ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; ELEPHANTIASIS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FILARIASIS; GHANA; HUMAN; HYDROCELE; INFECTION RATE; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROFILARIASIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VECTOR; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 0030480937     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(96)90414-9     Document Type: Article

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