Lymphatic filariasis in Lower Shire, southern Malawi

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 133-138

  Nielsen, N O ^a   Makaula, P ^b   Nyakuipa, D ^b   Bloch, P ^a,b   Nyasulu, Y ^c   Simonsen, P E ^a  

^a DANISH BILHARZIASIS LABORATORY   (Denmark)

^b Government of Malawi/DANIDA/DBL Bilharzia Control Project   (Malawi)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

Author keywords

Circulating antigens; Elephantiasis; Filariasis; Hydrocoele; Malawi; Microfilarie; Questionnaires; Rapid assessment; Wuchereria bancrofti

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; CIRCULATING FILARIAL ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHILD; CHRONICITY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ELEPHANTIASIS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; FLOODING; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYDROCELE; INFECTION CONTROL; LEG; MALAWI; MALE; MICROFILARIA; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; SCROTUM; VOLUNTEER; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

CELL FUSING AGENT VIRUS; NEMATODA; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 0036330547     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(02)90279-8     Document Type: Article

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