Paradigm shift in bancroftian filariasis;Mudanças de paradigmas na filariose bancroftiana

Revista da Associacao Medica Brasileira

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 355-362

  Dreyer, Gerusa ^a   Mattos, Denise ^b   Figueredo Silva, José ^c   Norões, Joaquim ^b  

^a Organização Não Governamental Amaury Coutinho   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO PIAUÍ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bancroftian filariasis; Hope club; Lymphedema; Paradigma; Wolbachia; Wuchereria bancrofti

Indexed keywords

EID: 69149096868     PISSN: 01044230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0104-42302009000300032     Document Type: Article

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