Filaria zoogeography in Africa: Ecology, competitive exclusion, and public health relevance

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 163-169

  Molyneux, David H ^a   Mitre, Edward ^b   Bockarie, Moses J ^a   Kelly Hope, Louise A ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Competitive exclusion; Filarial parasites; Insect vectors; Zoogeography

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; ECOSYSTEM; FILARIASIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; MICROFILARIA; MICROFILARIA (NEMATODE LARVA); NONHUMAN; PERIODICITY; REVIEW; ZOOGEOGRAPHY; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ECOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FILARIA; IMMUNITY; SURVIVAL;

FILARIA; HEXAPODA; MICROFILARIA (NEMATODE GENUS); NEMATODA;

AFRICA; COMPETITIVE EXCLUSION; FILARIAL PARASITES; INSECT VECTORS; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; BLOOD; ECOLOGY; FILARIASIS; GEOGRAPHY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SKIN;

EID: 84897054351     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: 14715007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2014.02.002     Document Type: Review

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