A 26-year follow-up of bancroftian filariasis in two communities in north-eastern Tanzania

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 155-169

  Meyrowitsch, D W ^a   Simonsen, P E ^b   Magesa, S M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b DANISH BILHARZIASIS LABORATORY   (Denmark)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROFILARIASIS; NEWBORN; PREVALENCE; REINFECTION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; TANZANIA; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; TANZANIA; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

NEMATODA; WUCHERERIA; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 1642346741     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/000349804225003172     Document Type: Review

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