Situation analysis in a large urban area of India, prior to launching a programme of mass drug administrations to eliminate lymphatic filariasis

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 243-252

  Ramaiah, K D ^a   Kumar, K N Vijay ^a   Ravi, R ^a   Das, P K ^a  

^a VECTOR CONTROL RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFILARIAL AGENT; DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE;

ARTICLE; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; EDUCATION; ELEPHANTIASIS; FILARIASIS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCOME; INDIA; MOSQUITO; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN AREA;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DISEASE VECTORS; ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL; ENDEMIC DISEASES; HUMANS; INDIA; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 17144366228     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/136485905X29701     Document Type: Article

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