A review of the present status of lymphatic filariasis in Vietnam

Acta Tropica

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 335-347

  Meyrowitsch, Dan Wolf ^a   Toan, Nguyen Duy ^b   Hao, Hoang Thi ^b   Dan, Nguyen The ^b   Michael, Edwin ^c  

^a DANISH BILHARZIASIS LABORATORY   (Denmark)

^b Inst Malariology   (Viet Nam)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brugia malayi; Geographical distribution; Lymphatic filariasis; Vietnam; Wuchereria bancrofti

Indexed keywords

DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE;

DISEASE PREVALENCE; FILARIASIS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; BRUGIA MALAYI; CAT; ELEPHANTIASIS; ENVIRONMENT; FILARIASIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM INFECTION; MICROFILARIASIS; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; VIET NAM; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

ANIMALS; BRUGIA MALAYI; CATS; CULICIDAE; DATA COLLECTION; DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL; FILARICIDES; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; LEG; PARASITEMIA; PERIODICITY; PREVALENCE; TIME FACTORS; VIETNAM; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

VIETNAM;

EID: 0032581441     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(98)00037-0     Document Type: Article

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