Bancroftian filariasis in an endemic area of Brazil: Differences between genders during puberty;Filariose bancroftiana em uma área endêmica do Brasil: Diferenças entre os sexos durante a puberdade

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 224-228

  Braga, Cynthia ^a   Dourado, Inês ^b   Ximenes, Ricardo ^c   Miranda, Janaína ^a   Alexander, Neal ^d  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Filariasis; Gender differences; Puberty; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; BRAZIL; CONTINGENCY TABLE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; GENDER; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PUBERTY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 18844378889     PISSN: 00378682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0037-86822005000300003     Document Type: Article

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