Hope Clubs as adjunct therapeutic measure in bancroftian filariasis endemic areas;Terapia complementar em área endêmica de filariose bancroftiana, pelos Clubes da Esperança

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 365-369

  Dreyer, Gerusa ^a,b   Norões, Joaquim ^a,c   Mattos, Denise ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c Federal University of Pernambuco   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bancroftian filariasis; Chyluria; Elephantiasis; Hope Club; Quality of life; Social

Indexed keywords

CHYLURIA; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FILARIASIS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LYMPHEDEMA; MORBIDITY; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; REVIEW; SELF CARE; SKIN INFECTION; URINALYSIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 33749173643     PISSN: 00378682     EISSN: 00378682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0037-86822006000400009     Document Type: Review

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