Community perception of malayan filariasis in the rural areas of cherthala taluk of kerala state, South India

Journal of Communicable Diseases

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 198-204

  Nanda, B ^a  

^a VECTOR CONTROL RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EDUCATION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FILARIASIS; HEALTH; HEALTH EDUCATION; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; INDIA; INTERVIEW; MOSQUITO; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; STATISTICS;

ANIMALS; CARRIER STATE; CULICIDAE; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FILARIASIS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INDIA; INSECT VECTORS; INTERVIEWS; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RURAL HEALTH;

EID: 0035453105     PISSN: 00195138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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