Delimitation of lymphatic filariasis transmission risk areas: A geo-environmental approach

Filaria Journal

Volumn 5, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Sabesan, Shanmugavelu ^a   Raju, Hari Kishan K ^a   Srividya, Adi Narayanan ^a   Das, Pradeep Kumar ^a  

^a VECTOR CONTROL RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; FILARIASIS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING; SCREENING; STATISTICAL MODEL; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 33751330980     PISSN: 14752883     EISSN: 14752883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2883-5-12     Document Type: Article

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