Mansonella perstans filariasis in Africa

Acta Tropica

Volumn 120, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages

  Simonsen, Paul E ^a   Onapa, Ambrose W ^b   Asio, Santa Maria ^c  

^a DANISH BILHARZIASIS LABORATORY   (Denmark)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Uganda)

^c KYAMBOGO UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Africa; Diagnosis; Epidemiology; Filariasis; Mansonella perstans; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE; DOXYCYCLINE; IVERMECTIN; LEVAMISOLE; MEBENDAZOLE; TIABENDAZOLE;

DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISEASE TREATMENT; DISEASE VECTOR; DRUG; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FILARIASIS; FLY; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MORBIDITY; NEMATODE; PUBLIC HEALTH;

AFRICA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; CERATOPOGONIDAE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENDOSYMBIONT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS; MANSONELLA PERSTANS; MANSONELLIASIS; MICROFILARIA (NEMATODE LARVA); MIXED INFECTION; MORBIDITY; NEMATODE LIFE CYCLE STAGE; NONHUMAN; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PARASITE CLEARANCE; PARASITE CONTROL; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VECTOR; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; SERODIAGNOSIS; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; WOLBACHIA;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; FILARIASIS; FILARICIDES; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; MANSONELLA; MANSONELLIASIS; MICROFILARIA;

CENTRAL AMERICA; SOUTH AMERICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

CERATOPOGONIDAE; MANSONELLA PERSTANS;

EID: 80054048091     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: 18736254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2010.01.014     Document Type: Article

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