World Health Organization : Year 1997 ; World Health Organization, Control of Tropical Diseases Fil, No. 97.4: Perfil Atual Da Filariose Linfatica

By World Health Organization

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Reproduction Date: 2005

Title:	World Health Organization : Year 1997 ; World Health Organization, Control of Tropical Diseases Fil, No. 97.4: Perfil Atual Da Filariose Linfatica
Author:	World Health Organization
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Language:	English
Subject:	Health., Public health, Wellness programs
Collections:	Medical Library Collection, World Health Collection
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Publisher:	World Health Organization


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A filariose linfktica, doenfa parasitkria que afeta cerca de 120 milhdes de pessoas em 73 paises, C um duro encargo social e econ6mico inerente aos tr6picos e subtr6picos da Asia, Africa, Pacifico ocidental e certas regides das AmCricas. Embora a distrib~i~diao doenfa parefa global, aproximadamente um terfo dos individuos infectados reside na fndia, um terqo na Africa e o restante se encontra predominantemente na regizo ocidental do Pacifico e no sudeste da ~ s i aV.a le ressaltar que mais de 1.1 bilhHo de pessoas, isto 6, 20% da popula~80m undial habita dreas consideradas de risco para infec~Hof ilarial (90% das infecfdes por Wuhereria bancrofti; 10% por Brugia rnahY~).

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