Rural Bancroftian Filariasis in North-Western Cameroon : Parasitological and Clinical Studies

Journal of Communicable Diseases

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 254-263

  Ivoke, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CAMEROON; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; HEALTH; HUMAN; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOSQUITO; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SEX RATIO; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; CAMEROON; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULICIDAE; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; HUMANS; INFANT; INSECT VECTORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RURAL HEALTH; SEX DISTRIBUTION; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 0034575496     PISSN: 00195138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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