Decline of Brugian filariasis in Cherthala taluk, Alappuzha district, Kerala

Journal of Communicable Diseases

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 209-218

  Regu, K ^a   Rajendran, R ^a   Ali, M K Showkath ^a   Koya, S M ^a   Dhariwal, A C ^b   Lal, Shiv ^b  

^a Regional Filaria Training and Research Centre   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BRUGIA MALAYI; CAT; CHILD; CULEX; DISEASE CARRIER; DOG; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FILARIASIS; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PARASITOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; STERCULIACEAE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BRUGIA MALAYI; CATS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CULEX; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DOGS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FILARIASIS; HEALTH TRANSITION; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSECT VECTORS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; STERCULIACEAE;

EID: 33750571660     PISSN: 00195138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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