Occurrence and diagnosis of Mansonella streptocerca in Uganda

Acta Tropica

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 43-55

  Fischer, Peter ^a   Bamuhiiga, Jotham ^b   Büttner, Dietrich W ^a  

^a BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^b Financial Systems Development Section   (Germany)

Author keywords

distribution; Mansonella streptocerca; papular dermatitis; parasitological and clinical diagnosis; Western Uganda

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FILARIASIS; FILARIOIDEA; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; UGANDA;

EID: 0030998718     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(96)00607-9     Document Type: Article

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