Concomitant infections of Plasmodium falciparum and Wuchereria bancrofti on the Kenyan coast

Filaria Journal

Volumn 5, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Muturi, Ephantus J ^a   Mbogo, Charles M ^b   Mwangangi, Joseph M ^b   Ng'ang'a, Zipporah W ^c   Kabiru, Ephantus W ^c   Mwandawiro, Charles ^d   Beier, John C ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^c KENYATTA UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^d KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; GAMETOCYTE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; KENYA; LIFESPAN; MALARIA; MICROFILARIA; MICROFILARIASIS; MORTALITY; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREVALENCE; PYRETHRUM; SUPERINFECTION; SURVIVAL; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI; ZOOLOGY;

EID: 33746328417     PISSN: 14752883     EISSN: 14752883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2883-5-8     Document Type: Article

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