Could It Be Lymphatic Filariasis?

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 56-60

  Leggat, Peter A ^a   Melrose, Wayne ^a   Dürrheim, David N ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE; DIETHYLTOLUAMIDE; DOXYCYCLINE; INSECT REPELLENT; IVERMECTIN;

BLOOD CELL COUNT; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DROWSINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEVER; FILARIASIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS; PAIN; PATIENT EDUCATION; REVIEW; SCROTAL PAIN; SERODIAGNOSIS; URTICARIA; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 1042278758     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/7060.2004.13636     Document Type: Review

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