Studies on the macrofilarial population of Onchocerca volvulus in hyper-endemic villages of the Central province of Cameroon

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 379-388

  Boussinesq, M ^a   Gardon, J ^a   Kamgno, J ^a   Demanga Ngangue, ^a   Pion, S D S ^a   Duke, B O L ^a  

^a CENTRE PASTEUR DU CAMEROUN   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFILARIAL AGENT; IVERMECTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAMEROON; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; ONCHOCERCIASIS;

EID: 0034979271     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00034983.2001.11813650     Document Type: Article

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