Filariasis and erisipela in Santo Domingo

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 557-561

  Vincent, Albert L ^d   Ureña Rojas, Cesar Augusto ^a,d   Ayoub, Elia M ^b,d   Ottesen, Eric A ^c,d   Harden, Elaine G ^b,d  

^a University of Florida ^*  (Dominican Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FILARIASIS; HEALTH STATUS; URBAN POPULATION;

ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CELLULITIS; CONVALESCENCE; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; ERYSIPELAS; FILARIASIS; INFECTION CONTROL; NONHUMAN; SUPERINFECTION; TISSUE INJURY; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ERYSIPELAS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LYMPHADENITIS; LYMPHANGITIS; LYMPHEDEMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOLYSINS; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, SANTO DOMINGO;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FILARIA; NEMATODA; VILLA; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 15444351513     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3284723     Document Type: Article

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