Aspectos epidemiológicos da filariose linfática bancroftiana em antiga áreaendêmica da cidade de Salvador, estado da Bahia

The lymphatic filariasis, a disease known as elephantiasis in one of its chronic manifestations, is caused by a helminth nematodes species of Wuchereria bancrofti (Cobbold, 1877) that just parasite to human. It is transmitted by mosquitoes of the Culex quinquefasciatus (Say, 1823), with haematophagi...

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Main Author: Alves, Veronica de Medeiros
Other Authors: Fontes, Gilberto
Format: Others
Language:Portuguese
Published: Universidade Federal de Alagoas 2015
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Online Access:http://repositorio.ufal.br/handle/riufal/934