Determinants of the eradicability of filarial infections: A conceptual approach

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 88-96

  Duerr, Hans Peter ^a   Dietz, Klaus ^a   Eichner, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FILARIASIS; HOST; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICROFILARIA; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PARASITE VECTOR; PREDICTION; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BRUGIA; ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ONCHOCERCA; ONCHOCERCIASIS;

NEMATODA; ONCHOCERCA; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS;

EID: 12344306471     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2004.11.011     Document Type: Review

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