Bancroftian filariasis in Bagdogra town, district Darjeeling (West Bengal)

Journal of Communicable Diseases

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 110-117

  Singh, Sukhvir ^a   Bora, D ^a   Sharma, R C ^a   Datta, K K ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BLOOD; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISSECTION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FILARIASIS; HUMAN; INDIA; MICROFILARIA; MOSQUITO; RESIDENT; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CULEX; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX RATIO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; CHILD; CULEX; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 1542425482     PISSN: 00195138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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