Volume 2, Number 3—July 1996

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Bancroftian Filariasis Distribution and Diurnal Temperature Differences in the Southern Nile Delta

Donald F. Thompson*, John B. Malone†, Mustafa Harb‡, Rifki Faris§, Oscar K. Huh†, Alfred A. Buck**, and Barnett L. Cline††

Author affiliations: *Tulane University Medical Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA; †Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA; ‡Ministry of Health, Cairo, Egypt; §Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt; **Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA; ††Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

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Figure. Mean diurnal temperature differences of southern Nile delta, August 16, 1990, with study village sites superimposed according to Bancroftian filariasis prevalence category.

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