Sex ratio of Wuchereria bancrofti in surgical specimens from an endemic area of Brazil

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 229-238

  Figueredo Silva, J ^a   Noroes J ^b,c   Addiss, D ^d   Dreyer, G ^c,e,f  

^a UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO PIAUÍ   (Brazil)

^b Núcleo de Tele Saúde NUTES Hospital das Clínicas   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d Fetzer Institute Kalamazoo   (United States)

^e INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^f Rua Conselheiro Portela 139 502 Espinheiro   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FILARIASIS; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NONHUMAN; SEX RATIO; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 44449121261     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/136485908X278757     Document Type: Article

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