Impact of different housing structures on filarial transmission in rural areas of southern India.
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The aim of the present investigation was to assess the filarial transmission levels in houses of different structure in rural areas of Andhra Pradesh, India. During this study, ecologically-similar households were selected for entomological study. The per-man-hour density (PMHD), infection and infectivity rates, were recorded in different ranges ie, 16.1 to 77.6, 0-31.2% and 0-5.6%, respectively.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- The Southeast Asian journal of tropical medicine and public health
دوره 35 3 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2004