The silent burden of sexual disability associated with lymphatic filariasis

Acta Tropica

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 57-60

  Dreyer, Gerusa ^a   Norões, Joaquim ^b   Addiss, David ^c  

^a Ctro Pesq Aggeu Magalhaes F   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

elephantiasis; lymphatic filariasis; sexual disability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; ELEPHANTIASIS; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION;

EID: 18544403073     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(96)00604-3     Document Type: Article

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