Lymphatic Filariasis Epidemiology, Treatment and Prevention - The Indian Perspective /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Tyagi, Brij Kishore (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Parasitology.; Infectious diseases.; Tropical medicine.; Immunology.; Infectious Diseases.; Tropical Medicine.

Lymphatic Filariasis (LF) is a group of human and animal infectious diseases caused by nematode parasites of the order Filariidae. Often neglected, it is one of the oldest and the most debilitating tropical diseases (NTDs), transmitted from human to human by mosquitoes bites, particularly the brown...