Bancroftian filariasis in 12 villages in Kwale district, Coast province, Kenya - Variation in clinical and parasitological patterns

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 98, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 801-815

  Mukoko, D A N ^a   Pedersen, E M ^b   Masese, N N ^a   Estambale, B B A ^c   Ouma, J H ^a  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Kenya)

^b DANISH BILHARZIASIS LABORATORY   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PERMETHRIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BED NET; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ELEPHANTIASIS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; HUMAN; HYDROCELE; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL; ENDEMIC DISEASES; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, MALE; HUMANS; INFANT; KENYA; MALE; MICROFILARIA; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PREVALENCE; RURAL HEALTH; SCROTUM; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TESTICULAR HYDROCELE; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

NEMATODA; WUCHERERIA; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 10944244745     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/000349804X3225     Document Type: Article

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