Components of the vectorial capacity of Aedes poicilius for Wuchereria bancrofti in Sorsogon province, Philippines

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 603-614

  Walker, E D ^a   Torres, E P ^b   Villanueva, R T ^c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Philippines)

^c Department of Health   (Philippines)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEMATODAL AGENT; DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE;

AEDES; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; MICROFILARIASIS; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VECTOR; PARITY; PHILIPPINES; REPRODUCTION; SURVIVAL; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

FINLAYA; NEMATODA; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 0031904949     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00034983.1998.11813318     Document Type: Article

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