Studies on the periodicity and intravascular distribution of Wuchereria bancrofti microfilariae in paired samples of capillary and venous blood from Recife, Brazil

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 264-272

  Dreyer, Gerusa ^a,d   Pimentael, Agueda ^a   Medeiros, Zulma ^a   Béliz, Fatima ^a   Moura, Izolda ^b   Coutinho, Amaury ^a   De Andrade, Luiz Dias ^a   Rocha, Abraham ^a   Da Silva, Luiz Mauricio ^b   Piessens, Willy F ^c  

^a Ctro de Pesq Aggeu Magalhaes   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d Cidade Universitaria   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Capillary blood; Distribution; Filtration; Periodicity; Thick smear; Venous blood; Wuchereria bancrofti

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAPILLARY BLOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; FILTRATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROFILARIA; NONHUMAN; PERIODICITY; VENOUS BLOOD; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 9244242530     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.1996.tb00037.x     Document Type: Article

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