Elephantiasis of non-filarial origin (podoconiosis) in the highlands of north-western Cameroon

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 529-540

  Wanji, S ^a,b   Tendongfor, N ^a,b   Esum, M ^a,b   Che, J N ^a,b   Mand, S ^c   Mbi, C Tanga ^a   Enyong, P ^a,d   Hoerauf, A ^c  

^a Research Foundation for Tropical Diseases and Environment   (Cameroon)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BUEA   (Cameroon)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

^d Tropical Medicine Research Station   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; CAMEROON; ELEPHANTIASIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM DISEASE; LYMPHEDEMA; MALE; MICROFILARIASIS; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; CAMEROON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELEPHANTIASIS; ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FOOT DISEASES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROFILARIA; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL POPULATION; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 51649088968     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/136485908X311849     Document Type: Article

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