The relationship between infection and disease in Wuchereria bancrofti infection in Ghana

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 390-392

  Gyapong, John O ^a  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Disease; Epidemiology; Filariasis; Ghana; Immunity; Wuchereria bancrofti

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELEPHANTIASIS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMAN; HYDROCELE; LYMPHANGITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROFILARIASIS; NORMAL HUMAN; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

NEMATODA; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 0031689841     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(98)91058-6     Document Type: Article

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