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Abstract
The author reviews the history of filarial infections in India and discusses factors affecting the filariae, their vectors, and the human reservoir of infection. A detailed description is given of techniques for determining the degree of infection, disease and endemicity of filariasis in a community, and aspects which require further study are indicated.Entities:
Keywords: FILARIASIS/epidemiology
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Year: 1957 PMID: 13472411 PMCID: PMC2538308
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Bull World Health Organ ISSN: 0042-9686 Impact factor: 9.408