Age-dependent prevalence of asymptomatic amicrofilaraemic individuals in a Wuchereria bancrofti-endemic region of India

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 297-298

  Beuria, M K ^a   Bal, M S ^a   Mandal, N N ^a   Das, Manoj K ^a  

^a REGIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE ICMR   (India)

Author keywords

Elephantiasis; Endemic normals; India; Lymphatic filariasis; Prevalence; Wuchereria bancrofti

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FILARIASIS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARASITE PREVALENCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL; ENDEMIC DISEASES; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITEMIA; PREVALENCE; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

WUCHERERIA; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 4444282297     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(03)90147-7     Document Type: Article

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