Bancroftian filariasis: A 13-year follow-up study of asymptomatic microfilariae carriers and endemic normals in Orissa, India

Parasitology

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 191-201

  Sahoo, P K ^a   Babu Geddam, J J ^a   Satapathy, A K ^a   Mohanty, M C ^a   Das, B K ^b   Acharya, A S ^a   Mishra, N ^c   Ravindran, B ^a  

^a REGIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE ICMR   (India)

^b SCB MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^c Homeopathic Research Institute for Filariasis   (India)

Author keywords

Bancroftian filariasis; Circulating filarial antigen; Infection vs disease; Longitudinal follow up; Wuchereria bancrofti

Indexed keywords

DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE MODEL; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FILARIASIS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INDIA; MICROFILARIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SURVIVAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; CARRIER STATE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MICROFILARIA; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITEMIA; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

CELL FUSING AGENT VIRUS; NEMATODA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGE 187; WUCHERERIA; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 0036181014     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182001001007     Document Type: Article

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