Lymphatic filariasis in Ghana: Establishing the potential for an urban cycle of transmission

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 387-392

  Gbakima, Aiah A ^a   Appawu, Maxwell A ^b   Dadzie, Samuel ^b   Karikari, Collins ^a   Sackey, Samuel O ^c   Baffoe Wilmot, Aba ^c   Gyapong, Johnny ^c   Scott, Alan L ^d,e  

^a MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Ghana   (Ghana)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Ghana)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Anopheles sp.; Culex quinquefasciatus; Ghana; Immunodiagnosis; Lymphatic filariasis; Mosquito; Polymerase chain reaction; Urban transmission; Wuchereria bancrofti

Indexed keywords

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FILARIASIS; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FILARIASIS; GHANA; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOSQUITO; PERSONAL HYGIENE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RURAL AREA; SANITATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TROPICAL DISEASE; URBAN POPULATION; URBANIZATION; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; CULEX; ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL; GHANA; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; URBAN HEALTH; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; GHANA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA; WORLD;

ANOPHELES SP.; CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 17644375156     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2005.01389.x     Document Type: Article

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