Urban lymphatic filariasis in central Nigeria

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 163-172

  Terranella, A ^a,f   Eigiege, A ^b   Gontor, I ^c   Dagwa, P ^c   Damishi, S ^b   Miri, E ^b   Blackburn, B ^d   McFarland, D ^a   Zingeser, J ^b   Jinadu, M Y ^e   Richards, F O ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CARTER CENTER   (United States)

^c Plateau State Ministry of Health   (Nigeria)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^e Federal Ministry of Health   (Nigeria)

^f ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELEPHANTIASIS; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; HEALTH CARE NEED; HUMAN; HYDROCELE; LYMPHANGITIS; LYMPHEDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGERIA; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; RISK ASSESSMENT; URBAN AREA; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMATOGRAPHY; COHORT STUDIES; ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NIGERIA; ONCHOCERCIASIS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; URBAN HEALTH; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 33644643097     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/136485906X86266     Document Type: Article

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