Occurrence of living adult Wuchereria bancrofti in the scrotal area of men with microfilaraemia

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 55-56

  Norões, Joaqim ^a   Addiss, David ^b   Amaral, Fernando ^c   Coutinho, Amaury ^d   Medeiros, Zulma ^d   Dreyer, Gerusa ^d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c Memorial Imagem e Diagnostico   (Brazil)

^d INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Adult worms; Brazil; Filariasis; Ultrasonography; Wuchereria bancrofti

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FILARIASIS; HUMAN; LYMPH VESSEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); SCROTUM; SPERMATIC CORD; TRANSDUCER; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

FILARIA; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 0030070779     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(96)90478-2     Document Type: Article

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