A focus of lymphatic filariasis in a tea garden worker community of central Assam

Journal of Environmental Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 437-440

  Khan, A M ^a   Dutta, P ^a   Khan, S A ^a   Mahanta, J ^a  

^a REGIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Assam; Brugia malayi; Culex quinquefasciatus; Filariasis; Microfilaria; Wuchereria bancrofti

Indexed keywords

PARASITE;

BLOOD SAMPLING; BRUGIA MALAYI; COMMUNITY; CULEX QUINQUEFASCIATUS; DISEASE CARRIER; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FILARIASIS; HUMAN; INDIA; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROFILARIA; MIGRANT WORKER; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PLANT; REVIEW; TEA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

BRUGIA; BRUGIA MALAYI; CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS; NEMATODA; WUCHERERIA; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 4644363759     PISSN: 02548704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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