Screening of army soldiers for Wuchereria bancrofti infection in the metropolitan Recife region, Brazil: Implications for epidemiological surveillance

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 499-505

  Medeiros, Zulma ^a   Gomes, Judilson ^b   Béliz, Fátima ^a   Coutinho, Amaury ^a   Dreyer, Patricia ^d   Dreyer, Gerusa ^a,c  

^a Depto de Parasitol do Ctro de P   (Brazil)

^b Secao do Servico de Saaude da 7a R   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Mansonella ozzardi; Public health; Surveillance; Wuchereria bancrofti

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; FILARIASIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; SOLDIER; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

MANSONELLA OZZARDI; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 0032800004     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.1999.00427.x     Document Type: Article

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