Risk factors for the occurrence of bancroftian filariasis infection in children living in endemic areas of northeast of Brazil

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 87-91

  Braga, Cynthia ^a   Albuquerque, Maria F P M ^a   Schindler, Haianna C ^a   Silva, Maria R F ^a   Maciel, Amélia ^a   Furtado, André ^a   Carvalho, Alexandre B ^a   Souza, Wayner ^a   Ximenes, Ricardo A A ^b  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BED NET; BLOOD SMEAR; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MALE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031894857     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/44.2.87     Document Type: Article

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