Lymphatic filariasis - An economic and social plague;La filariose lymphatique, un fleau economique et social

Annales de l'Institut Pasteur/Actualites

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 93-106

  Nguyen, Lam N ^a   Esterre, Philippe ^a   Lardeux, Frédéric ^a   Williams, Steven A ^b   Nicolas, Luc ^c  

^a Inst Terr Rech Medicales Louis M   (French Polynesia)

^b SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRUGIA MALAYI; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FILARIASIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOBIOLOGY; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PATHOGENESIS; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

BRUGIA MALAYI; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 0032755143     PISSN: 09244204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-4204(99)80025-0     Document Type: Article

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