Elimination of lymphatic filariasis - Current status and way ahead

Journal of Communicable Diseases

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 85-94

  Srivastava, P K ^a   Bhattacharjee, J ^a   Dhariwal, A C ^a   Krishnamoorthy, K ^b   Dash, A P ^c  

^a GOVERNMENT OF INDIA   (India)

^b VECTOR CONTROL RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^c SEARO   (India)

Author keywords

ELF; Filaria; India

Indexed keywords

EID: 84955581048     PISSN: 00195138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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