A Comparison of Two Brazilian Populations of Culex quinquefasciatus (Say, 1823) from Endemic and Non-endemic Areas to Infection with Wuchereria bancrofti (Cobbold, 1877)

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 33-36

  Brito, Ana C ^b   Williams, Paul ^a   Fontes, Gilberto ^b   Rocha, Eliana M M ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ALAGOAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bancroftian filariasis; Culex quinquefasciatus; Wuchereria bancrofti

Indexed keywords

CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS; INSECTA; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULEX; DISEASE CARRIER; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; HUMAN; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; BRAZIL; CULEX; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; MALE; POPULATION DENSITY; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 0030622068     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02761997000100007     Document Type: Article

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