Ultrasonographic detection of living adult Wuchereria bancrofti using a 3.5-MHz transducer

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 399-403

  Dreyer, Gerusa ^a   Santos, Abiel ^a   Noroes, Joaquim ^b   Amaral, Fernando ^c   Addiss, David ^d  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^c Memorial Imagem e Diagnostico   (Brazil)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; FILARIASIS; HUMAN; LYMPH VESSEL; LYMPHANGIECTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 0031655442     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1998.59.399     Document Type: Article

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