Bancroftian filariasis in Maceio, state of Alagoas, Brazil: Observations on Culex quinquefasciatus after blood feeding on individuals with different densities of microfilariae in the peripheral blood stream

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 489-494

  Brito, A C ^a   Fontes, G ^a   Williams, P ^b   Rocha, E M M ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ALAGOAS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULEX; CULEX QUINQUEFASCIATUS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MICROFILARIASIS; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; POPULATION DENSITY; SURVIVAL; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 0031945577     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1998.58.489     Document Type: Article

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