Survey of Bancroftian filariasis infection in humans and Culex mosquitoes in the western Brazilian Amazon region: implications for transmission and control

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Universidade Federal de São João del Rei, Divinópolis¹  Camargo, Luís Marcelo Aranha¹  Fontes, Gilberto¹  Camargo, Juliana de Souza Almeida Aranha¹  Instituto Nacional de Genética Médica Populacional, Porto Alegre¹  Araújo, Edicarlos André Cavalcante de¹  Korte, Rodolfo Luís¹  Oliveira, Marcelo Zagonel de¹  Universidade de São Paulo, Monte Negro¹  Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Maceió¹  Universidade Federal de Rondônia, Porto Velho¹  Rocha, Eliana Maria Maurício da¹  Santos, Rafael Vital dos¹  Faculdade São Lucas, Porto Velho¹ 

关键词: Lymphatic filariasis;    Bancroftian filariasis;    Amazon Region;    Wuchereria bancrofti;    Culex quinquefasciatus;   

DOI  :  10.1590/0037-8682-1708-2013

学科分类：农业科学（综合）

来源: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

【 摘 要 】

IntroductionThe aim of this work was to identify possible lymphatic filariasis foci in the western Brazilian Amazonian that could be established from the reports of Rachou in the 1950s. The study was conducted in three cities of the western Brazilian Amazon region - Porto Velho and Guajará-Mirim (State of Rondônia) and Humaitá (State of Amazonas).

【 授权许可】

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