Assessment of family and neighbors of an individual infected with wuchereria bancrofti from a non-endemic area in the city of maceió, Brazil

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 125-128

  Leite, Anderson B ^a   de Lima, Ana R V ^a   Leite, Renata B ^a   Santos, Rafael V ^a   Goncalves, Johnathan E L ^a   Rocha, Eliana M M ^a   Fontes, Gilberto ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ALAGOAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Culex; Epidemiology; Lymphatic filariasis; Wuchereria bancrofti

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BANCROFTIAN FILARIASIS; BLOOD SMEAR; BRAZIL; CHROMATOGRAPHY; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULEX QUINQUEFASCIATUS; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FAMILY ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MEMBRANE FILTER; MICROFILARIA (NEMATODE LARVA); MICROFILARIASIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE EXAMINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI; ANIMAL; CONTACT EXAMINATION; CULEX; ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL; FAMILY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; CONTACT TRACING; CULEX; ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 77954811802     PISSN: 14138670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1413-86702010000200002     Document Type: Article

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