The microfilarial periodicity of Wuchereria bancrofti in north-eastern Brazil

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 373-379

  Fontes, G ^a   Rocha, E M M ^a   Brito, A C ^a   Fireman, F A T ^a   Antunes, C M F ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ALAGOAS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; BRAZIL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MICROFILARIASIS; PERIODICITY; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

NEMATODA; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 0034118492     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00034983.2000.11813552     Document Type: Article

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