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[History of lymphatic filariasis in Pernambuco. I. Epidemiologic and control aspects]
A Coutinho1, Z Medeiros, G Dreyer
1Departamento de Parasitologia do Centro de Pesquisas Aggeu Magalhães da Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Recife, PE.
Revista Da Sociedade Brasileira De Medicina Tropical
|November 1, 1996
Abstract:
This paper is a review of lymphatic bancroftian filariasis in the State of Pernambuco. Brazil. It shows that reports have existed since the 1st decade of the century. Knowledge of the disease in several areas during different periods makes a retrospective analyses very interesting, particularly in Great Recife. It is in the city that the epidemiological and control aspects of the diseases are examinations in details.