Bancroftiasis
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1. Situação epidemiológica da filariose linfática bancroftiana no município de Maceió, estado de Alagoas. / The epidemiological situation of bancroftian lymphatic filariasis in the municipality of Maceió, state of Alagoas.
Bancroftian lymphatic filariasis is a neglected parasitic illness, known popularly as elephantiasis, because it is one of its chronic clinical manifestations. It is an anthroponotic disease caused by a nematode helminth of the species Wuchereria bancrofti (Cobbold, 1877) (Spirurida: Onchocercidae). Bancroftian filariasis occurs in 83 countries localized in t
Publicado em: 2008