Hyperendemic loaiasis in the shrub savanna area of the Tikar Plain (Cameroon);Hyperendémicité de la loase dans la plaine Tikar, région de savane arbustive du Cameroun

Bulletin de la Societe de Pathologie Exotique

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 342-346

  Kamgno, J ^a   Boussinesq, M ^a  

^a CENTRE PASTEUR DU CAMEROUN   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Adamaoua; Cameroon; Epidemiology; Filariasis; Loa loa; Loaiasis; Onchocerciasis; Phyto geography; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CAMEROON; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FILARIASIS; HUMAN; MALE; MICROFILARIA; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PARASITEMIA; PARASITOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; CAMEROON; ENDEMIC DISEASES; HUMANS; LOIASIS; MALE; MICROFILARIA; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PARASITEMIA;

EID: 0035523347     PISSN: 00379085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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