Lymphatic filariasis: an infection of childhood
Open Access
- 1 August 2001
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Wiley in Tropical Medicine & International Health
- Vol. 6 (8) , 582-606
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-3156.2001.00765.x
Abstract
Lymphatic filariasis (LF), already recognized as a widespread, seriously handicapping disease of adults, was generally thought to occur only sporadically in children. New, highly sensitive diagnostic...Keywords
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