Assessment of microfilaria prevalence in Karimnagar and Chittoor Districts of Andhra Pradesh, India

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 647-650

  Upadhayula, Suryanaryana Murty ^a   Mutheneni, Srinivasa Rao ^a   Kumaraswamy, Sriram ^a   Kadiri, Madhusudhan Rao ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Age group; Chittoor; Karimnagar; Lymphatic filariasis; Microfilaria prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BANCROFTIAN FILARIASIS; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 77955264746     PISSN: 19957645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1995-7645(10)60156-3     Document Type: Article

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